FAST2011 Legislative Assembly (LA) representative Wendy Peñafiel submitted her letter of resignation to Chief Legislator Patrick Kahn last September 25. A former LIA-COM student, Peñafiel dropped her liberal arts program, opting to pursue solely her business degree. In compliance with the requirements of the Office of the University Registrar that “All undergraduate students are required…
Presidents of student councils and governments from different Philippine Lasallian colleges and universities convened last September for the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to formalize the De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) Student Council Federation (SC-Fed). According to the MOA, the SC-Fed stands as “The official student alliance of student councils and governments of…
The De La Salle University College of Law (DLSU COL) first opened its doors to lawyer hopefuls in 2010. Four years after, 46 members of the pioneer batch are already into the third week of this year’s Bar examinations. The other members of the Lasallian community, on the other hand, are rooting for the 46…
Academic Year 2014-2015 has seen various changes being undertaken by the University, most prominently the academic year calendar shift, Student Handbook revisions, adjustment to the K-12 curriculum, and the continued integration of the Science and Technology Complex (STC) in Biñan, Laguna. Halfway through the year, The LaSallian offers a mid-year assessment of how the University…
To address the requirements of the 2015 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration, De La Salle University (DLSU) has been planning for a smooth transition into the New Lasallian Core Curriculum (NLCC) and the upcoming academic calendar shift. Filipino in the GEC and NLCC Last June 2013, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)…
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In the world of cosplay
In this day and age, it’s not often that we get to escape the monotony of life. Day in and day out, we get up, go to school, study, and then go to bed. We then repeat the same process all over again the next day and the day after that. But sometimes, we get…
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The problem with opinions
Almost two months ago, a chum of mine in marketing was griping to me about the latest commercial developments in campus: a Power Mac center, and a 7-Eleven in the works. “Do we really need a Power Mac and a 7-Eleven? I really can’t believe how commercial La Salle is. What’s your opinion?” he asks,…
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I was never Filipino
By Eric Siy In 2005, I wrote an opinion column for The LaSallian and made the case that Filipinos should stay with Filipinos. Living (in my case, teaching) in another country was heresy. The case was to give back to the community that gave to me. Almost ten years later, I’m teaching in the United…
By Arik Aaron Abu Three to five years. On average, that is how long it takes for a student to finish a degree (or two) from De La Salle University. That is about three to five more years to enjoy the final dregs of youth. After that, the rest of your life begins. As cliché…
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My education
The year was 2011. I spent five weeks in the States learning about new media and journalism at Ball State University in Indiana, the alma mater of Letterman, the creator of Garfield, and the original Papa John. You’re probably thinking who studies in the States and goes to Indiana? But the school had a stellar…