De La Salle University maintained its rank in the 151-160 range for the third consecutive year in the recently released 2014 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings for Asia.
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Br. Ricky Laguda FSC, De La Salle University (DLSU) president and chancellor, held a town hall meeting last Friday, May 30, after the University General Assembly and the community salu-salo. The town hall meeting was regarding updates to the academic calendar shift next academic year 2015-2016.
For a lot of students, venturing into college means more than just graduating from high school and engaging in a higher form of education. Independence is one factor that is brought up every time college rolls around, especially for those who sacrifice home to be closer to school. Thus, independence on the most basic level…
From March 18-20, Lasallians took to their college’s precincts to cast their votes for this year’s General Elections. From Manila to Biñan, DLSU’s Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and STC’s Election Commission (ELECOM) facilitated the conduct of elections, setting up the precincts for voters while also providing a steady supply of ballots and ensuring the security of ballot boxes, while taking charge of the counting and
re-counting of ballots.
Don’t be in the wrong place at the wrong time — not with the cases of theft in and around campus, modus operandi, violence in nearby establishments and spots of illegal substances sneaked into the University.
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Behind tuition increases
Brace yourselves — a tuition increase is underway for AY 2014-15, but final decisions are still being deliberated by the Multisectoral Committee on Student Fees (MSCSF). As a channel for University stakeholders, the MSCSF formally convenes to review tuition fee increase proposals and reconcile concerns between different sectors of the University. After which, the decision…
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Fraternity hazing around DLSU
Despite De La Salle’s requirement of a signed and notarized non-fraternity contract from all of its students, fraternities remain at large around the University premises given recent cases attesting to harmful fraternity activity. In early December, The LaSallian received a report that a freshman from DLSU was beaten by members of a fraternity, purportedly from…
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The DLSU Publishing House
With only three staff housed in a shared office on the 6th floor of Yuchengco, the DLSU Publishing House has been producing remarkable output ever since its operation began last May 2012, publishing books by internationally acclaimed literary critics, scholars and professors from recognized universities such as Harvard, Princeton, and Chicago. But what exactly is…
Earlier last October, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook Bohol and Cebu. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), it killed around 200 people and injured close to a thousand. The damage cost is estimated at around P2.257 billion in infrastructure, the NDRRMC added. Meanwhile, seismologists are anticipating an earthquake of the same magnitude…
The Legislative Assembly (LA) saw the approval of the Institutionalization Process (IP) Manual in the last academic year. The manual, a practical guide to the successive implementation of institutionalized projects, has been amended in the past month. The LA has since laid the resolution on the table, discussing its endorsement. The manual defines institutionalizing a…