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The price of culture: Marketing Filipino identity

With Filipino culture at the forefront of brand marketing, it faces a crucial crossroads: genuine celebration or mere commercialization.

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Logged in, burned out: Inside the student freelance grind

Student freelancers juggle gigs and grades in today’s demanding digital economy, navigating burnout, financial pressure, and the pursuit of passion.

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Redefining motherhood: An enduring delivery of love 

In every form and face, motherhood blooms—making a timeless symphony of love, sacrifice, and strength that exceeds blood, tradition, and expectation.

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Even in the closet, Lasallians make room for pride

From the last restroom stall in the Velasco Hall to nearby Taft Ave. coffee shops, closeted Lasallians own their gentle pride unapologetically.

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Campus journalists bear the truth and carry the torch

Campus journalists are in a tight position: burdened with the responsibilities of truth while being shadowed by the constraints of school authorities.

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Where grief rests, love lingers

What were moments of loud celebration are now times of solemn remembering—but it is in these times of grief that the departed’s legacies come alive.

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Packages of love: Unwrapping the balikbayan box

In brown corrugated boxes that are filled to the brim, an unwritten promise is the bow on top: a seal of love and a yearning for home.

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Neurodivergence beyond the rose-tinted lens of love

“I feel like I need to mask my condition.” Nico*, who is diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), understands this struggle well. When he socializes, he worries about being “too much” and losing focus during conversations. This is a running habit for people on the spectrum of neurodiversity, whose daily experiences require careful navigation due to…

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Tailing nonprofits in their goal for paw-sitive change

Four-legged companions trace the footsteps left by NPOs who are determined to help them get their tail wagging again.

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Romance beyond the price tag: handmade and handwritten with care

While shiny things and paper rings declare love boldly, careful gestures and imperfect letters capture the heart’s most vulnerable truths.