De La Salle University has had its fair share of producing graduates who have become industry game changers, leaders, and business pioneers, in its more than 100 years of educating Filipino students. The success of Lasallian graduates in their chosen fields is partly attributable to what they were taught and how they were instructed during…
The DLSU Lady Spikers is perhaps the most successful collegiate volleyball program in the country to date. With the team being a perennial favorite not just in the UAAP, but in almost every other league they join, the team, the players, and the coaching staff have earned the respect of the local athletic community. But…
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Taft Avenue: The second home
Every home is a special place. Whether home is in the form of a lavish house or simply on a scenic hilltop, one would need more than his ten fingers to enumerate why for them, home is best. Athletes too have considered home a special place, especially those that have had to leave their homes…
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Aglipay Oberio: The man with a plan
The DLSU Green Woodpushers and the DLSU Lady Woodpushers have been on a roll in the ongoing UAAP Season 76 Chess tournament. Both squads look to go all the way to the throne and for the Green Woodpushers, Aglipay Oberio leads the way. The powerhouse veteran has been piling up victories with ease, outwitting his…
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Abigail Maraño: The captain of all ages
Her curriculum vitae includes the UAAP Season 74 and 75 MVP, the UAAP Season 75 Best Blocker, and three consecutive UAAP championships. With all these titles under her name, the DLSU Lady Spikers’ team captain Abigail Maraño is one of the best and most respected volleyball players in recent history. If there is one reason…
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Paul Naguit: Blocking home plate
In the military, every platoon has a lieutenant; the man who will lead his troops into the battlefield in order to conduct dangerous operations. He makes all the decisions, comes up with the strategy and makes split second decisions to get his men out of harm’s way. This is similar to quite arguably baseball’s toughest…
The UAAP Women’s Volleyball championship throne has been occupied by a single team for the past three seasons and that team is none other than the DLSU Lady Spikers. With another trip to the finals this season, the Taft-based volleybelles will try to defend their throne in order to take home another championship for the…
The Legislative Assembly (LA) conducted another session today, February 28, focusing on three resolutions: one calling for the submission and publicizing of organizational charts, and another calling for the cessation of operations of the Office of the Ombudsman. The final resolution discussed was that calling for revisions to the University Student Government (USG) Constitution. Since…
A professor once told me this in an informal conversation that Lasallians were not very big on concepts. “They become very apprehensive of concepts. But they won’t even understand the word ‘apprehension of concepts’,” he shared. We were trying to dissect the Lasallian, and how this Lasallian is very different from his or her counterparts…
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Your last day
A few months ago, a friend from high school who studied at a different university came to visit DLSU. It was probably the third or fourth time for him to visit over the past year, so I didn’t think it was such a special occasion, unlike when friends from abroad or those whom I rarely…