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UAAP: Green, Lady Spikers look to earn second wins in second round

After a week-long layoff, the DLSU Green Spikers and Lady Spikers will return to action when they take on the FEU Tamaraws and the UST Golden Tigresses, respectively, in the second round of the UAAP Season 78 Volleyball Tournament tomorrow, March 12, at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan. Each squad is gunning…

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One Miss, You Die: The basketball referee’s perspective

In a sport like basketball, wherein emotions are high and the intensity levels go up a notch, referees or the middlemen of all things sports should always be on their toes. Basketball referee Wenifredo Dalimocon Jr. has been making the calls for 29 years and perhaps he has seen it all. From the collegiate level…

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Opinion

Only human

On December 29th, 2015, I hit a car. It wasn’t a huge crash or anything like that, and thankfully, no one got hurt. Still, it was the first accident I had ever gotten into, and it’s safe to say it shook me up quite a bit. At the time, I was just hoping to get…

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UAAP: Green Batters fall to ADMU in regular season finale

The DLSU Green Batters dropped a marathon of a game against the Ateneo Blue Eagles, 19-16, in their final regular season game last Sunday, March 6, at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Diamond. With both teams already clinching a spot in the Finals, this game essentially had no bearing but as infielder Josh Salinas verbalized, “No…

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Sports Sports Feature

Ara Galang: Return of the Lady Spiker

Even with UAAP Season 78 in full swing, one of Ara Galang’s biggest concerns these days is SPEECOM. It isn’t so much as it is about finishing her remaining classes before graduating, but more on speaking in front of a crowd. Playing in front of 20,000 plus people? Not a problem. Speaking in front of…

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University

Student leaders assemble at second COLE

The second Convention of Leaders (COLE) for the academic year was held last March 4 at the Natividad Fajardo Auditorium to discuss campus development and services, student representation, University Vision-Mission Week, the tuition fee increase, and new organization De La Salle Red Cross Youth. The resolution calling for amendments to the COLE manual was earlier…

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UAAP: DLSU XI outclass UST Lady Booters to clinch third straight victory

The DLSU Women’s Football Team defeated the UST Growling Tigresses, 6-0, on a scorching Sunday afternoon at the McKinley Hill Stadium. With temperatures rising as high as 38 degrees, DLSU outplayed a hapless UST team, scoring five goals in the second half alone. With their third straight win, they currently top the season standings with…

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The life of a research assistant

To most seniors about to graduate from the University, one of the culminations of their college journey normally comes in the form of an on-the-job training (OJT). Engineering students get to tinker with professional tools and gadgets, while business students try their hand at managerial work for multinational firms. In fact, both the University’s Applied…

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UAAP: Green, Lady Spikers clinch gutsy wins to open second round

Yesterday, both the DLSU Green Spikers and Lady Spikers raced to early two-set leads against the UP Fighting Maroons and the FEU Lady Tamaraws, respectively, putting themselves in a position to take straight-set victories to open their second round campaigns. The next two sets, however, saw the UP Maroons claw back to force a fifth…

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Long lines, poor maintenance among students’ top complaints over DLSU’s photocopying services

Since the start of this academic year, the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Services (AVCCS) has received various complaints from students regarding the photocopying services within DLSU. Among these involve the photocopying machine being unattended and the poor quality of photocopied materials. AVCCS Karen Hebron also notes that the sales from photocopying…