The LaSallianAs the DLSU Animo Squad marched onto the rubber floor of the Mall of Asia Arena in their camouflage soldier uniforms for the UAAP Cheer Dance Competition (CDC), it seemed like the least likely place to find the “Stunner of the Year”. What with the glamorous cheerleaders and dancers from other schools dressed in more…
DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Ricky Laguda FSC (left) and Nelson Mattos (right), Google Vice President of Product and Engineering for Europe and Emerging Markets. Software and product development giant Google launched its card micropayment system BebaPay in De La Salle University yesterday, September 16, making it the first to gain access to the system in…
In a battle for the most-coveted title of being the best cheering squad in the league, the DLSU Animo Squad stood tall as they finished second-runner up in the UAAP Cheerdance Competition (UAAP CDC) held on September 15 at the Mall of Asia Arena in front of a massive crowd of 20,830 people. With a…
Amidst the intense action and attention brought about by the ongoing UAAP Men’s Basketball tournament, cheering squads from the eight member schools who usually take the stage in halftime performances will now fully claim the Mall of Asia Arena as their own. The cheering squads will be diverting the attention of the public for one…
“No longer should the judiciary be shrouded in myths and speculations”, says Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in a press conference held in De La Salle University last August 28. For the first time since stepping into office in 2012, Sereno met with various media representatives to tackle issues and address questions and…
After one year in office, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno met with various media representatives earlier today in a press conference held at the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall. The event was organized by the Judiciary and the DLSU College of Law (COL) spearheaded by COL Vice Dean Jocelyn Cruz. Sereno says the press conference is…
Goods to the rescue. Volunteers transport donations from the South Gate to the Yuchengco Lobby, where the repacking and sorting of goods took place. The monsoon rains intensified by tropical depression “Maring” have resulted in 19 deaths, 11 injuries and around thousands of families being displaced from their homes throughout Luzon. The rains have even…
Saw it coming? La Salle’s Physics Department, in partnership with other units, is developing weather forecasting website SIGWA to foresee atmospheric conditions in more than a hundred sites in the Philippines. At the onset of the storms and monsoon rains, DLSU’s own recently launched weather forecasting website SIGWA has recorded an almost 90 percent accuracy…
The La Salle Dance Company – Street (LSDC-Street) sealed another win by placing second in the Smart Jump In Dance Off, a nationwide competition hosted by telecommunications giant Smart Communications, which was held at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum last July 20, 2013. With the competition’s climax geared up into full shift, the Smart-hosted event took off…
“We were uncivilized, basically,” so says our average Juan. This vista in retrospect of the ancient Filipinos descended from our colonizers to us modern-day Juans, where “uncivilized”, “savage”, and “pagans” prevail as the most common reflex to describe our ancestors. Such is an effect of the Western-influenced contemporary mindset that leads us to discriminate anything…