Tens of thousands of people lined the streets leading from the Apostolic Nunciature along Taft Avenue to the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City just to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Outside the arena, thousands more waited patiently in the parking lot, as delegates from all over…
The DLSU Green Booters garnered their third win of the season with a score of 2-1 at the expense of the NU Bulldogs earlier today at the FEU-Diliman Football Field. With the victory, La Salle remains to be the only undefeated team in the league, sitting at solo third place in the standings behind UP…
Lasallians got a glimpse of the heavy traffic situation that could be experienced in Metro Manila from January 15 to 19. The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) conducted a dry run of the Papal Motorcade last January 12 shortly before 7 pm. The stretch of Taft Avenue from Quirino Avenue to Vito Cruz…
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UAAP: DLSU draws Ateneo in goalless affair
Another La Salle-Ateneo classic went down on the other side of Metro Manila earlier today when the DLSU Men’s Football team took on the ADMU Blue Eagles at Ateneo’s Moro Lorenzo Football field. The contest featured excellent individual performances from each side, although it ended with a scoreless draw after 2 minutes of added time.…
The DLSU Lady Spikers failed to keep their undefeated run in the UAAP Women’s Volleyball tournament alive as they fell short against the UAAP defending champion ADMU Lady Eagles in five sets, 25-22, 25-27, 16-25, 25-14, 15-9, earlier today at the Mall of Asia Arena. Team captain Alyssa Valdez led the Lady Eagles with 26…
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UAAP: Lady Booters fall to FEU, 2-1
Despite a second-half surge, the DLSU Lady Booters faltered against the UAAP Season 76 Champion FEU Lady Tamaraws, 2-1, last January 10 at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field of Ateneo de Manila University. Early Woes The Lady Tamaraws gave DLSU’s defenders all they could handle throughout the first half of play. FEU already had…
The Legislative Assembly (LA) held a special session last January 8 to resolve concerns regarding the institutionalization of the Lasallian Scholar Program (LSP) and the resignation of the School of Economics (SOE) College President Kassandra Villabona. The first agenda was the institutionalization of LSP. Originally, the LSP was spearheaded by 2011 University Student Government (USG)…
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The numbers game
Do grades matter? It’s a question that has probably crossed all of our minds at least once (the actual number might be closer to a thousand) throughout our years in grade school, high school, and college. With another term in the books, we often find ourselves asking this question to console ourselves for our low…
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Knowing nothing
At roughly three feet, 47 pounds, and four years of age, my little sister can ask an average of ten questions a minute. Her questions range from “Can I watch Frozen tonight, Ate?” (To which I’d usually answer yes) to “When will it snow?” (When Olaf comes), all asked in the impossibly high pitch of…
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I was wrong
In one of my classes, a classmate of mine got into a debate with our professor. After a while, a few students started to join in, and it became a back and forth between us students and the professor. Eventually, we moved on from the debate without really deciding on who was right, but then…