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Masahol

It has been a month since Manny Pacquiao sparked outrage among LGBT groups and allies for his masahol pa sa hayop statements, for which he has since then apologized online. The consequences of his 28-second interview excerpt, copies of which have been circulated and discussed extensively on social media, have been disastrous — first on…

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Martial Law Chronicles forum held at DLSU

Susan Quimpo, co-author of the book Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years spoke as the main resource speaker in the Martial Law Chronicles Forum held last March 15 at the Verdure, Henry Sy Sr. Hall. Organized by the Office of Student Leadership Involvement, Formation, and Empowerment (SLIFE) and the Center for Social…

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Sports

UAAP: Green, Lady Spikers achieve mixed results against Adamson

The DLSU Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Teams obtained contrasting results facing their respective Adamson equivalents in last weekend’s UAAP Volleyball action. The Lady Spikers breezed past the Lady Falcons in a sweep, 25-13, 25-11, 25-18, yesterday afternoon, while the Green Spikers lost a five-set thriller against the the Soaring Falcons, 25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 20-25, 13-15, in…

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Sports

UAAP: DLSU falls to UP, drops second straight match

The DLSU Men’s Football Team experienced another defeat in the UAAP Season 78 Football Tournament, succumbing to the UP Fighting Maroons yesterday, March 19, at the Mckinley Hill Stadium. As the more aggressive team, UP was able to score one goal in both halves behind the efforts of Feb Baya and Kintaro Miyagi, giving their…

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Sports

UAAP: Lady Spikers seek fourth straight win against reeling Adamson

Before they head into the Holy Week break, the DLSU Lady Spikers have one last assignment to tackle when they face the Adamson Lady Falcons tomorrow, March 20, at 3:30 pm in the PhilSports Arena, Pasig City. Currently tied for first place with Ateneo with an 8-2 win-loss record, the Lady Spikers could inch closer…

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Menagerie

The manifold lives of nuns

Once, while riding the train, I sat next to a nun reading the Bible. She wore a religious habit, with her arms covered up to her wrists, legs pressed close, eyes focused downwards.  Maybe she loved the man in the book. And maybe there was no real difference between her love and my love for…

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Sports

GH Republic trounces Kalsonics, clinches LSAL Basketball Championship

At the height of the ‘Happy Thursday’ festivities last week, two teams were slugging it out on the 9th floor of the Enrique Razon Sports Complex to determine which squad deserved to be called the best of the best in the annual La Salle Athletic League (LSAL) Basketball Tournament. After a tough and physical match,…

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University

Analyzing the QLY course and prerequisites for ‘majors’

DLSU offers a variety of degree programs for which it screens applicants through an entrance exam conducted by the Institutional Testing and Evaluation Office. Based on the results, applicants may be accepted, waitlisted, deferred, or denied, depending on the qualifications for the degree they applied for. Once accepted, an applicant becomes a student under that…

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University

The evolving goals of the Freedom Film Festival

A cold and silent theater, a friend (or just yourself if you’re more into that), and a movie that tries to dismantle the usual views on Filipino cinema. That’s the life. Nowadays, independent films are garnering attention as they tackle different facets of human nature. These indie films do not stick to one popular genre…

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Menagerie

A Moral Entanglement: Purity and promiscuity

Long before the 16th century-colonization of the Philippines by the Spaniards, tribal Filipinos already had their own established beliefs and practices. Being the ethnic archipelagic norm at the time, polygamy was widely accepted and practiced by the early Filipinos, with tribal men often having three or more wives. It was the advent of Catholicism that…