In television, discipline officers are depicted as larger-than-life, clipboard-carrying, bloodthirsty hunters of rule-breakers and hoodlums. They carry in their hands every student’s fear: The deadly, unmistakable pink slip of paper with the words ‘DETENTION’ clearly written on it. Their spine-chilling “see me after class” mantra is enough to scare a student out of his wits…
Death is the only inevitable thing in this world. We live, we breathe, and at some point, we die. The same can be said for some of these organizations that once graced the halls of our campus. At its highest point, it may have brought out the best in students with the camaraderie that comes…
Remember Man VS Food, the TV show where food enthusiast Adam Richman travelled around the United States, challenging himself to the “big food” offerings of each city, in pursuit of experiencing some unique food culture? Four years ago, a group of staffers from The LaSallian attempted to become Adam Richman for a day to do…
You may not realize it, but your footsteps fall on the same ground that those who were brutally massacred walked on. You may not think much of it, but the halls you pass by everyday are silent testimonies of a nation’s struggle to rebuild itself after a war that changed the world. You may not…
In light of the recent opening of the Power Mac Center (PMC) and the announcement of the opening of Yoga+ and 7-Eleven branches at De La Salle University (DLSU), stakeholders have expressed their concerns on the mushrooming of retail stores inside the campus. On July 22, 2014, an email was sent by the Campus Services…
De La Salle University (DLSU) slid down to the 651-700 group in the 2014 Quacquarelli Symonds’ (QS) World University Rankings, one of the more renowned international indicators of tertiary education performance. Last year, DLSU placed in the 601+ group, a category higher than where the University currently stands. Many stakeholders see the drop as a…
Given the scope and size of the DLSU community, it is likely that at least two people would enter into a dispute, whether it is big or small. As a means of dealing with the former of these conflicts, the University offers its students and faculty members the right to file a grievance case against…
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…
