The LaSallian“ The land of the free and the home of the brave… ” The closing words to a song now sung in privatized state schools throughout the nation; which, by the way, have partnered with private enterprise to provide uber-high-tech, sustainable, eco-friendly (on paper anyway) hydroponics farms for every farmer in the countryside. Only this…
Political and business leaders, non-government and civil society organisations, journalists and activists, scientists, academics and indigenous tribes met last month at Rio+20 a.k.a., the United Nations Conference on Environment Development. It came twenty years after that first meeting at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil which made ‘Sustainable Development’ a rallying cry extolled by everyone…
As the eyes of the nation were fixed on the Corona saga, a US nuclear submarine quietly made its way to Subic Bay in April. Another threat to the nation’s ‘executive power’? Claimed linked to the Scarborough standoff, the Left argues the United States is exploiting the situation to regain political clout in the area…
Imagine crossing the street walking backwards with your eyes shut. To your surprise, considerate drivers graciously give way as you hurtle, rear first, to what you take to be your death. Such compassion was unexpected: this is Taft after all, and you, my friend, are mere road kill. Or so you thought. Now imagine walking…
Adapting to changing learning environment is a matter of survival for students and teachers alike. As technology evolves to new heights, school is no longer the cut-and-dry institution it once was, and the classroom has shed its four walls entirely, becoming a world and a community in itself. So forget the school bell and invest…
Aptly named Think of Me As Evil? Opening the Ethical Debates in Advertising, it wrote, “while the evidence is not conclusive, it seems that advertising may be encouraging society to save less, borrow more, work harder and consume greater quantities of material goods.” That may seem obvious, but its effects run deeper than that, transforming…
Wikipedia, a social media platform, lists hundreds of new social networking websites launched in only the past few years. In under five minutes, more than a hundred hours’ worth of video will find its way to Youtube, as you read this. Twitter averages more than a hundred thousand tweets a minute, or two hundred million…
If University Student Government (USG) elections are any indication of greater political awareness on a national level, then the prospects for a more critical citizenry of the future are promising. In a survey The LaSallian made to gauge voting behavior in the General Elections (GE) a few months from now, ninety percent considered voting important,…
The world has taken many roads and turns—some we are not too proud of—all in the name of change and progress. This month, The Menagerie interviews Joel Uchico, an LSGH graduate and the man who started Bikes for the Philippines—proof that progress need not come at the cost of the planet. Bikes for Change…
On Nov. 14, around 60 DLSU students, mostly from the political party Alyansang Tapat sa Lasalista (Tapat), joined other student contingents from Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in an unsanctioned rally along Katipunan Ave. Without official permits, and bracing rain and traffic, the student demonstrators were unfazed…