[widgetkit id=7218] We are the champions. DLSU held a thanksgiving night and commemorated its athletes with an 80’s-themed variety show, clad with celebrity appearances at the Henry Sy Sr. Hall (HSSH) grounds as part of the University’s Animo Year-end Thanksgiving celebration for DLSU’s first UAAP General Championship. The concert drew several hundred DLSU athletes, students,…
Hundreds of students watched the La Salle Dance Company-Street’s (LSDC-Street) annual dance concert titled Danz Dish 8: Hereafter last March 1 and 2 at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium. Front acts Four dance crews, which include the black-clad Iron Saints, Remix 2012 Rookie Division Champions ABC Crew, Skechers Street Dance Battle Year 8 second…
As one of the primary sources of research output, the development of a University’s graduate school is imperative to its success. With its thrust of becoming a world-class research University, DLSU is no different. “The research aspect of what the University does is usually done in the graduate school,” explains former DLSU President and Chancellor…
Graduates from De La Salle University – Manila (DLSU-M) tend to have lower waiting time and higher employment rates compared to graduates from other colleges and universities. An ABS-CBN news article entitled “UP, Ateneo, La Salle grads hired faster, paid more” last January 2013 claims that graduates from DLSU, “actively looked for a job for…
Being a student athlete is a daunting task. Because of the rigorous trainings and competitions inside and outside the UAAP, many student athletes have become vulnerable to academic problems. Student Manager Program The student managership program, established in 2006, aimed to guide athletes who were beginning to suffer in their academics. Under the program,…
In a pre-dawn crash early this year, the American minesweeper USS Guardian smashed into 1,000 square metres of Tubbataha reef, ravaging one of the last remaining marine biodiversity hotspots in the world on Philippine sovereign territory. Recent estimates of the damage pull up the figure to up to four times that (a). The reef is…
The battle for Manila begins. The battle for the country’s most densely populated city and its estimated 1.7 million residents has started earlier today. Following the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) decision the campaign period for those running for senator and party-list groups in the May 13 polls will run from February 12 to May…
Last January 21, 2013, the University recorded its first theft incidence in the third term. Student Joaquin Flores, II CAM, lost his bag, which contained valuable electronic gadgets, at the Yuchengco lobby, during the Lasallian Media Week (LMW). In the aforementioned student’s report to the Security and Safety Office (SSO), Flores said that…
“Saan tayo kakain (where will we eat),” is a question frequently heard among students. With only three canteens operating in the school, each with limited selection and seating capacity, students often look to the surrounding establishments for food. Many of which are fast food chains. Along and around Taft Avenue, dozens of restaurants and fast…
The recent shooting incidents in the US sparked a worldwide issue on the safety of academic institutions. In a similar manner, changes in the environment around Taft have raised concern over the security and protection of an average Lasallian. Situations concerning safety within the University mostly involve incidents of theft. Student Guinevere Ong (II, CAM-ADV)…
