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Green Journal: The Diamante brothers of DLSU Football

With the playoffs of the UAAP Season 78 Men’s Football Tournament right around the corner, The LaSallian took the opportunity to catch up with not one, but all three Diamante brothers of the DLSU Men’s Football Team during the early stages of the tournament. Eldest brother and former team captain Gio shared his thoughts on…

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UAAP: ADMU shuts down La Salle XI

The DLSU Men’s Football Team took their third loss of the season after falling to the ADMU Blue Eagles, 1-0, earlier today at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field. The lone goal of the match came at the first half from Ateneo striker Jarvey Gayoso, who created problems for the La Salle defense throughout the game.…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers end NU’s Final Four hopes behind Dy’s career-high 25

Even with a Final Four spot already secured, the DLSU Lady Spikers entered their final match in the elimination round against the NU Lady Bulldogs as if it were held in the middle of the season. Despite surrendering the second set to the Lady Bulldogs, who were seeking a playoff for the last Final Four…

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Senatorial candidates sign, push for 9-point Youth Covenant

“Pag-asa ng Bayan! Kabataan!” chanted Sarah Elago, president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and first nominee of the Kabataan Partylist at Serye Restaurant in Quezon City during the signing of the nine-point Youth Covenant earlier today. Along with her were Ernest Ramel (representative of Former Pampanga Governor Mark Lapid), Former…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers aim to eclipse NU in regular season finale

Regardless of the game’s implications, a win to close out the elimination round will always boost a team’s confidence heading into the Final Four. The DLSU Lady Spikers have already clinched the second seed in the Final Four, and even with the benefit of having a twice-to-beat advantage, a win later today would give them…

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The finals week routine

One of the downsides to having a trimestral school year is that finals week gets to sneak up on us thrice each year. It’s something that we Lasallians didn’t realize when we decided to study in Taft. But no worries, we at The Menagerie have made a comprehensive cheat sheet for all of you panicking…

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In review: VP Debate 2016

On the evening of last Sunday, April 10, the only official Vice Presidential Debate in the PiliPinas Debates 2016 series was held at the University of Santo Tomas. All six VP candidates were present, namely, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, Senator Chiz Escudero, Senator Gringo Honasan, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and Camarines Sur…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers falter to Lady Eagles in five sets

In a continuation of their classic rivalry, the DLSU Lady Spikers suffered a tough loss against the ADMU Lady Eagles in five sets, 21-25, 25-22, 25-16, 21-25, 15-5, in their second round showdown in the UAAP Season 78 Women’s Volleyball Tournament last Sunday, April 11, at the Mall of Asia Arena. Both squads came into the game…

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UAAP: LSDC-Street moves up to second place, UP clinches three-peat

After finishing in third place in last season’s UAAP Street Dance Competition, La Salle Dance Company-Street (LSDC-Street) moved up a notch this year as they emerged as first runners-up in the UAAP Season 78 Street Dance Competition last Saturday, April 9, at the Mall of Asia Arena. The University of the Philippines Street Dance Club…

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UAAP: DLSU XI take down UE, clinch second straight victory

Despite starting off in a tentative manner, the DLSU Men’s Football Team overcame the UE Red Warriors, 2-0, last Saturday, April 9, at the McKinley Hill Stadium. Gerald Layumas and Gelo Diamante came away as the goal scorers after finding the back of the net at the 56th and 65th minute, respectively. With the victory,…