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The irregular life

It has been six years since I first entered De La Salle University (DLSU) as a Mechanical Engineering freshman (froshie seems to be the term nowadays). Honestly, I was afraid of the new world I was getting into, but I was also enthusiastic because I believed that I was just moving on from my previous…

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Ode to debate

“With nothing left unsaid, my partner and I – and our opponents – wait anxiously at the hallway outside, as the adjudicators discuss the results of our heated debate. Did my teammate and I defend our side strong enough? Would we break even? Did we nab enough points to win?” This is what went through…

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Larger media, larger possibilities

As one saying goes, bigger can be better, but with “great power comes great responsibility.” The university Student Publications Office (SPO), in which TheLaSallian and the other school publications belong to, has transitioned into the more generally focused and larger-in-scale Student Media Office (SMO) during the 3rd term of the 2011-2012 school year.  The change…

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De La Salle through the years

A hundred years have passed since the University was founded. In those one hundred years, many changes occurred to create the La Salle we all know today. Below are some of the important changes that have happened in the University.   1. DLSC transfers to Taft In 1920, the then De La Salle College (DLSC)…

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Paying the price of consumerism

The trend today is that you get your gadgets and devices quicker than ever, probably not in a flash (not yet anyway), but faster than anyone could have possibly imagined in the last 100 years. From cellular phones to computers, appliances to accessories, and furniture to jewelry, it seems like almost every product we know…

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Ideation: DLSU

Innovation – a word that is common to all ears; its meaning differs depending on the person you are talking to. To a businessman, innovation is bringing a paradigm shift in the way commerce is. To an engineer, it is the discipline and process of applying techniques for analysis, and the practice of methods to…

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Exposition: Getting Lost and Getting Found

Most of the time, trips are planned. You have an itinerary on hand, a map and a camera to capture all our special moments. You like to have a clear picture of the sites you will visit, the places you will stay in, the people you will encounter and the many ways you can get…