The LaSallianFrom a 72.73 percent voter turnout in 2013, the succeeding University Student Government (USG) General Elections (GE) saw the number decline to 62.05 in 2014, before hitting an all time low in recent years at 35.90 in 2015. Last year’s GE failure wasn’t the first of its kind. A plebiscite to change the USG Constitution…
With the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio right around the corner, Lady Paddler Yan Lariba describes how she is gearing up to face the world’s best in Brazil. It has been a new, exciting, and tough journey for the Season 78 Athlete of the Year, yet as Lariba approaches arguably the biggest tournament of her…
According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s aptly named “Kill List,” a total of 136 deaths of suspected criminals have been recorded since Duterte’s inauguration as President on June 30 as of press time. A huge number of them were identified by policemen as suspected drug killers and drug pushers. Some of them were killed by…
It is a rare thing to see the student body united—across all colleges and among all levels—on a single issue. When the administration proposed the change in the day of the U Break from Fridays to Mondays, however, the diverse student body responded last month with a collective and resounding no. More recently, the University…
We lost one of our own last May in a tragedy that claimed the lives of several other attendees of the Closeup Forever Summer concert. The Lasallian community mourned her passing in a mass sponsored by the University in Parañaque last May 25, and as the healing continues, so do the investigations. Bianca’s death, along…
The Menagerie is The LaSallian’s features section, made up of a collective of writers who inform, entertain, and provoke. From the mainstream to the obscure, both inside and outside the University, the Menagerie finds the untold stories in all aspects of human life and culture, sharing them through a unique lens and perspective. If…
A Sports writer sees the game in its totality – from the players to the system. A Sports writer reports through the lenses of an objective fan, seeing through the win-loss records and the statistics, willing to dig deeper into issues that confront De La Salle sports yet continues to maintain good rapport with our…
They say that what you know is only as good as your ability to share it. Layout staffers are in a unique and important position to shape readers’ experience by providing and arranging the visual elements needed to capture the spirit and significance of every story. Every month, staffers from The LaSallian‘s Layout section…
A photograph does not just reflect superficial appearance; it says something. It enlightens and does not confuse. A Photo staffer has a keen eye for taking photographs that tell moments of Lasallian history unfolding. Photo staffers enable our writers to speak more visually by allowing our readers to experience the story through evocative images thus,…
The Web section brings the tradition of journalism to the 21st century. Web staffers are in charge of managing The LaSallian‘s website and social media platforms and are at the forefront of delivering news to our readers however they want it. Contrary to popular belief, coding skills are not a hard requirement to be a…