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Commentary: What’s there to improve with equipment borrowing

Borrowing systems in equipment-intensive courses still need some work in making sure all students who are in need can avail of assistance.

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Commentary: Formative culture needed for frosh integration

With the reopening of campus comes the revamp of the annual “frosh hate” over freshmen’s decorum.

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Commentary: Traditions must die

To really become “progressive”, the University has to decide whether to continue a hurtful tradition and become a hypocrite or reconsider some traditions for a more inclusive DLSU.

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Commentary: The truth is not optional

In a time rife with disinformation and historical revisionism, current society is called to arms for the defense of the truth.

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Commentary: A better remedy for shortages is to move on from the 70s

Decades of attempts at self-sufficiency has only led to shortages, in and out of the Philippines. It may be high time for the country to leave old, inefficient policies behind.

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Commentary: When history goes beyond simple ‘tsismis’

“History is like tsismis.” (Gossip.) In one horribly misinformed statement promoting her upcoming “historical” film, actress Ella Cruz effectively reduced an ancient, rigorous, and esteemed discipline into an idle pastime. Much has been said by the historical community on the distinction between the discipline of history and gossip, whether historical truth is relative or if…

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Commentary: Unity beyond togetherness

Silencing the opposition for the sake of “unity” only allows wrongs in society to run rampant without being corrected.

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Commentary: Once more? Never again

Democracy is in danger under a new Marcos regime. Now, more than ever, it is our time to take action, in whichever form we can, like the Lasallians before us.

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Commentary: Behind a strongman is a stronger woman

The patriarchal society has tricked us into believing that the nation’s development is heavily affected by its chief’s gender.

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Commentary: Enough with social media surveys

Such data manipulation would have gotten failing marks in an introductory statistics class; startling that it was even considered good enough for public consumption.