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Convenient to Inconvenience

by Kenn Ante Transportation is essential to daily tasks. Every day, transportation plays a big role, and more often than we would like to admit, we are dependent on transportation. Every day, students go to school; people work or take a vacation; or even visit relatives in the province. Let’s face it; we are dependent…

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UAAP: Green and Lady Paddlers place first after first round

After two days of intense table tennis action, the Green and Lady Paddlers topped the standings, sporting a 7-0 and a 6-0 record, respectively, in the recently concluded first round of the UAAP Season 75 table tennis last September 22 and 23 at the Blue Eagle Gym in Ateneo de Manila University.   The Green…

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Menagerie

Rant and Rave: ‘Phantom of the Opera’

Rating: 4.0 After being dazzled by plays and musicals like Cinderella, Cats, and Mamma Mia at the famed Cultural Center of the Philippines, another Broadway hit has made its way to Manila: the Phantom of the Opera. The long awaited show did not disappoint, as evidenced by the crowded room and sold out tickets; the crowd included both Filipinos…

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Animo Squad settles for fifth

The DLSU Animo Squad finished three notches lower at  fifth in this year’s UAAP Cheerdance Competition (CDC) at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City last September 22. The two-time defending champions UP Pep Squad bagged its eighth title in this year’s CDC, followed by the FEU Cheering Squad, a perennial contender for the crown…

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Animo Squad: Odds

On September 22, Saturday, at the Mall of Asia Arena, eight universities will battle for the UAAP Season 75 Cheer Dance Competition (CDC) title. After an improved attempt last season, the DLSU Animo Squad is set to make another strong bid for the title.   Before the uproars, The LaSallian gives you a backstage pass…

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Sports

UAAP: La Salle routs Adamson in elimination round finale

The DLSU Green Archers came through with a much-needed 72-59 win against the Adamson University Soaring Falcons last September 20 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. “With this victory, our destiny is in our own hands, we did what we needed to do, so that’s why we did our job,” said Head…

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Final Four within reach: Archers-Falcons pregame

Needing just one more win to secure at least a playoff for the last Final Four spot, the DLSU Green Archers (8-5) must win their last eliminations game against the Adamson Soaring Falcons (3-10) in the two teams’ second round match scheduled to take place on Thursday, September 20, 4 pm at the Mall of…

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Heavy rain damages equipment, facilities in Gokongwei building

Heavy rain damages equipment, facilities in Gokongwei building CJ Cachola After a heavy 30 minute downpour, rainwater penetrated the Gokongwei Building, home building of the College of Computer Studies, at exactly 8:30 pm, last August 31. Shirts, floor mats and tube skirts blocked the downspouts of the newly replaced roof. The blockage resulted in the…

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UAAP: Vosotros shines as Archers downs Tamaraws

In a highly physical battle, the DLSU Green Archers kept the team’s Final Four hopes alive after a victory over the undermanned Far Eastern University Tamaraws, 63-56, last September 16 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Almond Vosotros led the Archers and matched his career high of 21 points, along with two…

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Statesmen

After the nation’s bereavement at the loss of a great civil servant in former Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, the public had been bombarded by tales of the humble mayor and his revolutionary deeds in Naga. More than a month later, the same could not be said for one of…