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,…
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…
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…
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…
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Hugot nation
“Buti pa yung kalendaryo, may date. Eh ako?” It’s almost ironic how every February, right around Valentine’s season, social media explodes with these hugot lines that everyone seems to love. On the surface, they’re meant to be bitter one-liners that exude pain and heartbreak. Somehow, though, they have evolved into a predominant piece of both…
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Editorial: Remembering Ramon Magsaysay
When it comes to presidents, the Philippines has seen it all. We have been under the leadership of a former action star, a brilliant but ruthless dictator, a newspaper founder, a courageous housewife, and a high-ranking military man, to name a few. And then there was Ramon Magsaysay, a former automobile mechanic whom esteemed political…
In a battle between a veteran core and an up-and-coming batch of players, the DLSU Lady Spikers pulled off a rousing four-set victory over the UP Lady Maroons, 18-25, 25-12, 25-18, 25-21, earlier today at the FilOil Arena in San Juan. With the win, La Salle ties Ateneo for the best record in the league…
A slow start could not kill the momentum the DLSU Green Spikers built since the start of the second round, as they relied on Raymark Woo’s 33 points to stave off the UST Growling Tigers in five sets, 20-25, 25-12, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11, earlier today at the FilOil Arena in San Juan. Woo’s game-high 33…
The University Student Government (USG) Legislative Assembly (LA) held another regular session last March 4 at the Emilio Yap Jr. Case Room to discuss the release of a manifesto on the improvement of the Philippines’ electoral processes and the approval of two recently appointed University Student Government (USG) Department on Activity Approval and Monitoring (DAAM)…
The road to the Final Four continues for DLSU’s volleyball teams as their jam-packed week begins tomorrow, March 16, at the FilOil Arena. The Green Spikers will return to the courts at 10 am, when they face the UST Growling Tigers, while the Lady Spikers will end the day with a 3:30 pm match-up against…