With just two games away from completing a first round sweep in the 76th season of the UAAP, the DLSU Lady Archers trounced the UE Amazons in a convincing landslide, 63-35. Seemingly avenging their male counterparts’ loss to the same school yesterday, the Lady Archers pulled off a one-sided victory to silence their foes through…
Month: July 2013
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Rant and Rave: It Happens All The Time
After a star successfully makes a mark in Broadway, it seems that the logical next step is to star in a hit TV show. For most Broadway fans, talents like Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff and Matthew Morrison have made television a brighter place when they played colorful and award worthy turns in Glee,…
The DLSU Green Archers Team B overcame a late surge by the UP Fighting Maroons Team B, 67-62, to win their second game of the Fr. Martin Cup at San Beda College Mendiola last July 24. What seemed like a one-sided affair in the first three quarters, due mainly to DLSU’s fast-paced offense and uber…
The DLSU Green Archers suffered another heartbreaking loss in their fifth game of the season, succumbing to the UE Red Warriors, 85-83, at the Mall of Asia Arena today, July 20. In a very close match-up which actually saw La Salle in the driver’s seat for most of the contest, the Green Archers collapsed in…
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Rant and Rave: ‘Pacific Rim’
What is the most logical thing for humanity to do when a leviathan suddenly bursts out from the ocean and attacks major Pacific cities? Well, build huge robots of course! This is the main premise of Guillermo Del Toro’s latest brainchild, Pacific Rim. Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnman) is a former Jaeger pilot, men who drive…
Fresh off a heartbreaking overtime defeat at the hands of the FEU Tamaraws, the DLSU Green Archers will strive to place that loss behind them as they go head-to-head with the Fil-Oil Flying V Preseason Premiere Cup champions, the UE Red Warriors, on July 20 at 2:00 pm in the Mall of Asia Arena. Encompassing a…
For five years now, ECE and Beyond has been able to engage DLSU students in the latest technological advancements. As it gears up for its sixth year, ECE and Beyond 2013: NeoVergence, hopes to introduce neo-technologies as they move and diverge across the globe. Its aims and goals NeoVergence is a national convention for Electronics…
Every now and then, an American Company decides to remake a foreign movie, hoping to cater the idea to Western audiences. Unfortunately, more often than not, the original spirit and charm of the movie gets lost in the adaptation, leading to a hollow film, and plenty of annoyed and disgruntled fans. So, when the…
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Rant and Rave: ‘Before Midnight’
From exploring possibilities to entertaining repossession in Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Richard Linklater is bent on de-familiarizing love next. The 2013 sequel Before Midnight destroys the idealistic romance built by its predecessors. And yet simultaneously, the film does piece a romance — one that is made strange by uncomfortable realism but made familiar by…
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Rant and Rave: Alpaca Evolution
An alpaca is a domesticated animal that is indigenous to the South American Nations of Bolivia and Peru. Resembling a llama and by extension Kuzco from The Emperor’s New Groove, this hooved mammal is part of the family Camelidae and is a cousin of the llama and the camel. These quirky creatures are mainly bred…