The College of Liberal Arts (CLA), in cooperation with the #abolishpork movement, held an open forum last July 11 at the William Shaw Little Theater, to discuss the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), pork barrel funds, and other governance issues, especially on accountability. The opening remarks were led by CLA Vice Dean Dr. Rhoderick Nuncio and Mo.…
The Filipino Department held its annual open forum last July 12 entitled “Seryeng Panayam” at Room 508 and 509 of the Yuchengco Hall. The open forum recognized faculty members and writers who value Filipino education, culture, history, and language in their literary and scholarly works. Filipino Department Chairperson Dr. Ernesto Carandang led the opening remarks. He…
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Letter to the Editor by Patrick Kahn
As the hundreds of Student-Leaders of De La Salle University from our many different organizations, and my fellow officers from the University Student Government took their oaths, a myriad of thoughts ran in my head about the journeys ahead of all of us and the stories that come with them.
The long wait is over. Season 77 of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) officially began with the opening ceremonies held at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum last July 12. This year’s host, the University of the East (UE), led a mythological-laden opening ceremony with performances from different UE performing arts groups. The opening ceremonies featured…
The DLSU Green Archers fell to the FEU Tamaraws in their opening match.
Looking for a new book to read, new films to watch, or new music to listen to? Drop your schoolwork for a while as The Menagerie brings you recommendations from around the campus.
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Women, film, and the Bechdel test
Movies are trying to change everything. Studios are listening to the clamor of audiences to tweak the formula or even break the tradition for better storytelling. Not long ago, Hollywood was dead set on pleasing everyone with uplifting animated movies and comedies that exploit people’s boiling points and funny bones. Nowadays, comedies are wittier with…
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Stories from down and up
It can be said that the girl from Wonderland got the best of both worlds; Alice was able to grow into sizes of too big and too small. Like folk singer Joni Mitchell, she was able to see the world from up and down, and with wonder and adventure every inch of the way. Unfortunately,…
With all the problems that come with completing a course, rarely do we think about what challenges lie on the other side of the classroom.
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Committed to excellence
Back in my first year of grade school, I was given ten values that I was told I needed to embody – values that the ideal student supposedly possessed. All throughout my primary and secondary education, I memorized these values and took them to heart. One always struck me more than the rest though, and…