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Head to Head: Rain, friend or foe?

It starts off slowly: the soft growl of thunder, the beat of a raindrop or two, and without warning, everything is suddenly striped by falling rain – the long strokes painting the landscape with the sort of still rawness only capable by nature. The warm blues and greens and browns of nature melt away and…

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Green Pulse: How would you spend your pork barrel?

For some of you who just cannot bring yourselves to stay grounded on current events and thus, do not have the slightest idea of what a pork barrel is, you would probably imagine it as “pork put in barrels,” (Kimmy*, III, CAM). Unfortunately, we’re not talking about the mouth-watering bacon burned into an irresistible crisp…

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25 Centavos’ Worth: When it fails to pass

What was wrong with me? The difficulty of the question made me give it up to God, the universe, and whoever could take a prayer – or a curse, for that matter. I honestly could not pinpoint any single problem back then, for I felt everything about me was utterly failing, like a mortal infection.…

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Crash Course: How to man a plane

Now let’s take a look at your experience so far with the mean machines of travel: the road with a jeepney? The sea with a boat? That is some impressive practical knowledge you have there, but we cannot let you finish the course just yet. Never proclaim the party over without the rock star: this…

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Rant and Rave: ‘The Sky Over Dimas’

Rating: 3.5/4.0 Ano ang sikreto ng Pamilya Torrecarion? For weeks now, students been intrigued by the Harlequin Theater Guild to see their latest play, The Sky Over Dimas, to come and find out what exactly that secret is. Maybe you know already, if you’ve read the Palanca-awarded novel of the same name by CLA faculty…