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UAAP: Lady Archers triumph over Lady Warriors, 74-72

Banking on a strong start, the DLSU Lady Archers notched their third consecutive victory after defeating the UE Lady Warriors, 74-72, at the Mall of Asia Arena, yesterday. Khate Castillo led DLSU with 21 points, nine rebounds, and three assists. Camille Claro, who played a vital cog in the game, closely followed with 17 points,…

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High school rivals Rivero, Caracut lead La Salle to sixth consecutive victory

The league-leading DLSU Green Archers were struggling to find their rhythm versus the winless UE Red Warriors in their sixth game of UAAP Season 79 where they only managed to convert seven out of 44 jump shots, a season-low. The situation grew even more difficult for the Green Archers after head coach Aldin Ayo was…

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Political Science Dept. launches Peace and Human Security Initiative

Last June 28, the Political Science Department held a roundtable discussion on peace and human security with all its faculty members. The event launched the department’s Peace and Human Security Initiative (P&HSI). His Excellency Jesus Domingo, the Philippine ambassador to New Zealand, was invited to the forum and contributed to the discussion on peace and…

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A look inside the Temple of Heaven

When you made your way towards the retreat house for your LASARE1 or LASARE2 along Agno Street, you probably saw this ancient looking temple to your right. With its green roofing and high red gates, it looked quite out of place in the busy street of Fidel Reyes, located in between makeshift houses. Believe it…

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Breakup playlist: Singles for the single again

Breakups are messy. Anyone who tells you they ended “on good terms” forgot to include the part where they stayed up for three days moping in between watching re-runs of The O.C. and frantically refreshing their ex’s Twitter page every ten minutes, all while living off melted ice cream with tears for toppings. Few ever…

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UAAP: Green Archers fend off UE, extend perfect run to six games

Playing against a winless team didn’t mean that the DLSU Green Archers were in for a walk in the park, as they needed to rely on a strong defensive stand in the fourth quarter to overcome the UE Red Warriors, 84-78, earlier today at the Mall of Asia Arena. Ben Mbala and Justine Baltazar combined…

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Substance over scores (or why I dislike using Turnitin)

Turnitin is flawed. For those that aren’t aware, Turnitin is a company that provides many services designed to assist professors and help students learn and improve. One of its common functions is to act as a plagiarism checker; Turnitin has a program that can scan any document submitted for strings of words and phrases that…

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UAAP: Green Archers seek sixth win against winless UE

Winning has never meant so much to two teams coming from opposite sides of the UAAP standings. The DLSU Green Archers have answered every challenge thrown their way so far, entering the week as the only undefeated team in the league. Meanwhile, the UE Red Warriors continue to pile on the losses despite their best efforts,…

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UAAP: Green, Lady Shuttlers split thrilling matches against ADMU

As in all competitions pitted between both schools, the match-up between DLSU and ADMU was highly-anticipated and intense. Even as all eight schools played in the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall yesterday, a throng of green and blue occupied the largest portion in the stands of the venue. With the frenzied cheers drowning the swooshing sounds…

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Tanggol Wika: Opposing CHED Memo No. 20-2013

Last July, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) ordered all universities to retain six to nine units of Filipino subjects in compliance with the Supreme Court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) on CHED Memorandum (CMO) No. 20 Series of 2013. The memo proposed to remove all Filipino and Literature General Education (GE) subjects from the university…