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Editorial: Back to basics

Optimism is the key word as the University enters the year ahead fresh from last year’s changes. The University ended the academic year ready for the first year of implementation of DLSU’s integration with the Science and Technology Complex, ironing out the preparations for K-12 and the construction of an integration academy. The campus renewal…

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Opinion

EDITORIAL: A long way to go

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…

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SWS-BW Magic 12 profiles: Ejercito, Pimentel and Aquino

On Monday, May 13, the Philippines will hold its 31st senatorial elections to decide the new set of senators who will serve the country for the next three to six years.   From 82 aspirants who filed for candidacy last year, only 33 passed the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) benchmark and were deemed eligible to…

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Sports

2013 FilOil FlyingV Hanes Premier Cup complete schedule

The DLSU Green Archers will participate in the 7th edition of the FilOilFlying V Hanes Premier Cup from April to June in preparation for the upcoming 76th Season of the UAAP. La Salle will be joined by schools from the UAAP, NCAA and South Western University from Cebu. The Green Archers won the tournament in…

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Menagerie

A march of valor

On April 9, 1942, with the 2nd World War at full rise in Asia, the Japanese forces had stretched their military might to plod over all of Central Luzon. After the three month Battle of Bataan, Major General Edward P. King Jr. surrendered his army of over 76,000 diseased and wounded men to the victorious…

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University

Ten Questions for new USG President Migi Moreno

Compiled by Patrick Ong and Michelle Sta Romana   It’s a first for DLSU’s General Election results – Independent candidate Jose Miguel “Migi” Moreno has won the University Student Government (USG) Presidential seat, according to the DLSU Commission on Elections (COMELEC) earlier today.   As the University’s premier Independent presidential candidate, Moreno garnered widespread attention…

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Opinion

MY USG PRESIDENT

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…

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Video & Poll – DLSU USG Presidential Candidates

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Opinion

No idling matter

Last February 9, following orders, more than 100 armed followers of self-professed Sultan JamalulKiram III from Sulu, an island province located in the southwestern Philippines landed on the Malaysian state of Sabah to claim a land that has been disputed in the international courts for several decades.   According to news reports, the sultanate’s followers…

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University

Two DLSU teams enter L’Oreal Brandstorm

Now on it’s fifth year in the Philippines, L’Oreal Brandstorm offers this year’s participants a unique and interesting challenge. With the focus on L’Oreal Paris, the company’s multi-billion flagship brand, students must propose an exciting and innovative hair care and styling product or product range that will appeal to the Southeast Asian market, while staying…