Every year, the University welcomes new faculty members into the Lasallian community. Professors aim to impart knowledge and values onto students and ensure their growth in their chosen fields. During the first week of classes, however, some classes experience a shuffling of professors as well as a number of free cuts that could last for…
According to a World Bank study published in June 2016, greater investments in workers’ skills and education and more flexible labor regulations are needed in order to encourage firms to generate more jobs with better pay and social protection. The study analyzed the labor performance of the Philippines from the perspective of the workers. In…
Getting into the water can be scary; the depths can seem intimidating. While some people take time before they learn to swim, however, it seems like an inborn talent for others, as if they were born with fins for arms and gills for lungs. For brothers Benjo Narciso (IV, SPM) and Miggy Narciso (III, FIN),…
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Neil Puyo: Testing the waters
A fun fact unknown to most is that babies are natural swimmers. Thus, the phenomenon coined as “infant swimming”, where newborns have the ability to control their breathing and navigate while under water is innate in everyone. However, as people hit their pre-teen years, most mystically lose that natural ability to swim. For Arian Neil…
With the widespread use of social media and advancements in networking technologies, it is no surprise that modern educators have resorted to the internet to supplement their teaching methods. Technologies such as Google Classroom, Instructure Canvas, and Edmodo have risen to supply teachers with online tools to meet their class, distribute course materials, and grade…
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Drawing the Line
Just recently, President Rodrigo Duterte in a speech in Malacañang issued a threat to human rights activists, telling them that he will be forced to kill them should they continue interfering with his war on drugs campaign. Because these people pin the rising number of casualties and killings on Duterte, he also stated that such…
The University has been vocal about its objection to the burial of former president turned dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). Adorning the pillars of the St. La Salle Hall in black cloth and organizing protests have been among the actions taken by the University and De La Salle Philippines (DLSP)…
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Davao athletes take on bigger stage
With the pressure to perform both on and off the court, the life of a student athlete is definitely not easy. The same can be said about adjusting to a new city. While each is in itself a difficult hurdle to overcome, certain students are faced with the demanding task of handling both. Though Lasallian…
It’s that time of the year again when Jose Mari Chan dominates the airwaves, and gatherings with friends and families are organized left and right. Since it is the birth of Jesus, this holiday is mostly centered on children, who receive gifts and aguinaldos from parents, grandparents, ninongs, and ninangs. Memories of your Christmas gifts…
You step out of the church and it all hits you. The bright lights—red, green, and yellow—twinkle around the windows of every house. Some are slowly fading in and out, some seem like they are dancing to the tambourines and the choir singing Joy to the World, echoing from inside. The midnight air embraces you,…