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The anatomy of a frosh

Packed discussion rooms in the library and the smell of freshly photocopied finals reviewers in the air during the past few weeks could have only meant one thing: the term was finally ending. For batch 115, more commonly known as this year’s resident frosh, this marks the end of not just any term, but their first…

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Poetry isn’t dead

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” – Plutarch The audience at Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzales auditorium was silent last November 13, when DLSU Writer’s Guild organized Reverie: Lost in Words, an event that showcased Filipino spoken word poets both individually and in groups. Everyone’s gaze was transfixed on the stage. No one dared…

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Five 2015 movies the casual moviegoer might have missed

As the end of the year approaches, we’ve all seen our fair share of 2015’s blockbuster movies. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t seen the new Avengers movie, or the latest installation of the James Bond series. However, some quality movies aren’t promoted as vigorously, and outside of the United States, only…

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Tough act to follow: The travails of pop acts

Pop music’s hold on pop culture is undeniable, even with the decade’s decline in album sales. In an era where social media has become the primary platform for promoting new music, Taylor’s adventures with her squad and Beyoncé’s world-stopping performances have become common sights on people’s timelines. Some argue, though, that the pop game is…

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The advent of student entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is never a sure thing. After all, not all business ventures succeed from the get-go, nor do all survive long enough to become lucrative. Based on the World Bank Ranking, the Philippines is one of the lowest ranked economies when it comes to starting businesses, making it one of the hardest countries to survive…

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Discovering new organizations

Lasallian students understand what it means to truly be part of an organization. Being in a university that offers a wide array of organizations, many of us are able to explore our potential by joining a community of students that share the same interest and passion, be it economics, writing, dance, or anything else in…

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Scenes from Performatura

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) opened its doors for its inaugural literature festival, Performatura, last November 6, 7, and 8. To enter, no fee was required—only the donation of a book, be it fresh and glossy or old and battered. With the goal of exploring intertextuality, the event created a place where the…

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Life is but a gamer’s dream: Lessons learned from video games

Video games, more often than not, are grossly misrepresented: people tend to think that they’re ‘just’ games; that they’re generally a ‘waste of time’. Gamers themselves have been cruelly prejudged by society to be reclusive, socially awkward people who would much rather sit around at home in front of a TV screen or a computer…

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Inside the world of sneakerheads

The streets of Harlem in the final years of the 70s had a desolate and resigned air to it. Massive amounts of people took what they called an ‘exodus’ out of that part of New York, in search of a place that would afford them a better shot at the American dream. Only those who…

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Faces of DLSU: Life of an archivist

Students in their graduating year often go to her working station at the library’s 10th floor to ask for reference materials and copies of old theses. In just a couple of minutes, after running through the maze of dusty high-rise shelves filled with archaic collections, she’s already handing them the materials they were looking for.…