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In 2012, Edgardo Pamintuan, Mayor of Angeles City, Pampanga, was ranked eighth in the annual World Mayor rankings. This came as a call for pride for Angeleños and even more so Kapampangans. Even Oscar Rodriguez, mayor of the City of San Fernando, also lauded Pamintuan with his honor, calling it, “another feather in the cap…

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Desperate measures

When a catastrophe strikes, dire action is taken to quickly resolve it. In times where help seems scarce and resources are not too abundant, it comes down to desperate means in order to survive. Reports of looting, gunshots and even rape cases have been passed around since the passing of super-typhoon “Yolanda” through the Visayan…

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Overnight at DLSU, redux

In March 2010, The Menagerie released an article entitled, “Overnight at DLSU: Searching the haunted halls.” An article, risky as it was, that covered an overnight stay of three staffers in the University. In search of the paranormal and what lurks within the grounds during the grim hours of darkness. Sadly, the expedition failed to…

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Crash Course: A handy guide to the Learning Commons

In previous years, when students searched for a nice, cool place where they could research their latest academic topics, do a project or two, or just sit down and relax they would head for the library located behind St. Joseph Hall. Spanning four floors, stocked full with books, and even decked out with a coffee…

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Start rowing

College has always kept me wondering with everything it entailed. I started with one goal in mind – to pursue my passion. I began being so sure of this goal, thinking I had that much potential, like I was part of a new generation of minds that will bring great change to the world. It…

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Crash Course: Weird food combinations

Weird food. What constitutes weird? What kind of food will it take to make the average Joe’s stomach churn? Certainly not all foods are considered unusual or quirky but, through time, plugging in man’s natural curiosity to the equation of culinary oddities, the human race has experimented with combinations of ingredients and such in order…

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Rant and Rave: Wanderland

Photos from Magic Liwanag It was around 7:30 in the evening at the Circuit Makati, and masses of people had just formed in front of the stage, awaiting as Up Dharma Down is about to play their set. Everyone in the crowd could barely breathe from the lack of flowing air, with a downright exhaustion…

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Remembering our Founder

April 7 marks the Feast Day of our Founder, Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. Born in Rheims, France on April 30, 1651, De la Salle lived an immensely devout Christian life and was exposed to a society divided by social class. At a young age of 21, with the death of his parents, he was…

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The 10 minute rush detours

Traffic. Traffic everywhere. Traffic in the Metro is inarguably one of the major causes of hair-pulling and non-stop cussing every Filipino morning. It is an inescapable and powerful phenomenon, this thing we call traffic. We always try to avoid it, but once we’re within its tight and polluted grasp, there is nothing else to do…

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Differences within the USG

The second week of March is typically a busy week in De La Salle University.  For regular students, it’s the time for them to relieve themselves from the weight of midterms, and to prepare for the last few weeks of the academic year. For aspiring student-leaders, however, it is their time to show their worth.…