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Behind the social action fee

Every term, undergraduate students pay P100 for the Social Action Fee, stipulated under “Special Fees” section of a student’s term assessment. This fund is allocated for use of the University’s Center for Social Concern and Action (COSCA). COSCA is the primary office responsible for DLSU’s community engagement efforts. This article is part of The LaSallian’s…

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Diego Lozano: Bigger stage, same results

After Ateneo’s Gino Tantuico hit a series-ending groundball that gave the DLSU Green Batters the championship, a collective cheer erupted from the La Salle bench. In the middle of it all was rookie pitcher Diego Lozano. Fresh off ending his high school career in La Salle Green Hills with a championship, he began his stint…

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Boo Barandiaran: The family that plays together, wins together

After falling short in the finals series against the Ateneo Blue Batters last season, the DLSU Green Batters avenged their loss by claiming the UAAP Season 78 Baseball Championship after sweeping their archrivals in convincing fashion. It was a feat that marked the end of La Salle’s 13-year championship drought in baseball, an achievement that…

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FilOil: Green Archers shackle UE in to clinch second straight victory

The DLSU Green Archers continued their winning ways this preseason after blowing out the UE Red Warriors, 97-75, in their FilOil Flying V Preseason Tournament encounter yesterday at the San Juan Arena. Holding a seven-point lead at the end of the first quarter, the Taft-based squad stepped up their play in the next three quarters…

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Fire, desire, redemption: La Salle clinches 3rd UAAP General Championship

Prior to the start of UAAP Season 78, athletes from De La Salle University’s sports teams vowed to recover from their own setbacks,while also promising to do their part in helping reclaim the UAAP General Championship (GC) La Salle had narrowly lost to the UST Growling Tigers by six points, 285-279, last season. With a consistent,…

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UAAP Football Finals: UP edges DLSU to bag title

The DLSU Women’s Football Team suffered a 2-1 loss at the hands of the UP Lady Maroons in the finals match of the UAAP Season 78 Women’s Football Tournament held earlier today in the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium. UP’s Cristina Delos Reyes and Angeliza Sta. Clara provided the scoring for the newly crowned champions, while…

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Writing for others: Joel Griffith’s process of self-creation

It was in the early months of 2015 that Joel Griffiths (III, ADV) started writing a screenplay about two friends on the cusp of change. Flipping through Facebook, he came across a poster for Crossroads 12, a festival of student theater production in DLSU-College of St. Benilde, with the theme Autopoiesis, auto meaning “self” and…

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The depressing state of depression

“They said I was crazy,” shares 18-year-old Erica, her gaze focused on her lap where her hands have been resting for the past half hour, as if proclaiming an internal apology. She is one of the many who have been slapped with vapid labels—“over dramatic”, “paranoid”, “too emotional”—just a few words among a myriad of…

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UAAP Football Finals: DLSU Women’s XI aim to clinch title versus UP Lady Maroons

La Salle will have a shot at ending UAAP Season 78 on a high note as the University will be bannered by the DLSU Women’s Football Team tomorrow in the football finals. They will face the UP Lady Maroons at 3 pm in the Rizal Memorial Stadium, seeking their first title since the 72nd UAAP Season. La Salle…

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Of Barbies and bleaching: Our notions of beauty

Before my older sister went away for college, she left me with her makeshift box of Barbie dolls in a moment that felt rather ceremonious. When she came back that first summer, she found that I had already split the legs apart, displaced the head from the body, and removed the left arm from its…