As a Lasallian, I have often wondered how much students empathize with the University’s saint, the patron of all teachers, St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle. Given that majority of the students do not even major in education, and given the fact that theological studies can no longer be taken at the undergraduate level, very few students would actually be able to directly relate the…

Almost 10 years ago, economist Winnie Monsod told the media that the automation of vote counting and canvassing makes the typical cadena or electoral fraud syndicates “impossible to operate” while “relegating wholesale cheating – the dagdag-bawas operations of the municipal and provincial canvassing level – to the dustbin of history.” Prior to the automation of elections in the country, sentiments such as Monsod’s were common…

The word apathy has been thrown around throughout my stay in the University. Many professors continue to criticize students because all they care about is according to these professors, “getting a good job in a multinational corporation that pays extremely well.”   The argument that people lack interest, concern or enthusiasm, collectively known as apathy, has reached most of the sectors of the University.  …

Once a friend in the student government asked me why it is that the student press had to write about the issues besetting the University, instead of just reporting events or writing pieces that would inspire the students of the University. He told me that in his class, most of those who read this very newspaper felt that the staff had nothing better to do,…

If at a young age, a group of men with white coats told you that your life had suddenly become more precious to the world and to yourself, meaning, you have a disease that the world could benefit from further study, and your life would probably last a third of everyone else’s, what would you do? Say the men offered to give you free treatment…

Here we are again… year after year, campaign period comes and goes.  Has it ever crossed your mind how many General Elections (GE) have taken place within the University? It was only last year when I first got a taste of the GE. It was a fresh experience to partake in what seemed to be a good election year. I enjoyed seeing candidates move from…

DLSU’s General Elections will be held from March 19 to 21. Given the diversity of opinions in the publication, The LaSallian has asked some of its editorial staff to present an objective case for whom they will be voting for USG President, a position laden with the highest accountability for setting the USG’s agenda next year. Below are their reasons for voting this March 19.…

Is it just me, or is it not true that as we approached the elections, we started spending less on food since we’ve been getting a lot of stuff for free? Am I just hallucinating when I see different gimmicks online that are “worth sharing” via Facebook as we approach the General Elections?   To be fair, throughout the academic year, I have seen different…