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The DLSU Golf Team: Due for recognition

De La Salle University may sport the Green-and-White, but the sport played on the green itself does not get as much attention as it should. Despite the global icon status of the likes of Tiger Woods, or the prestige that Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer have, golf remains a generally unheard of sport, especially to…

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The DLSU Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team: Grappling the opposition

With discipline and core foundations behind their everyday regime and creed, De La Salle University’s very own Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Organization makes its way down the mat and introduces itself as one of the premier sports organization within the University grounds. Headed by coach Russel Santos, with their esteemed trainer JR Rulloda, the organization leads…

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Green Archers’ defense improves, twice-to-beat within reach

Around three weeks before the beginning of the UAAP Men’s Basketball tournament, Juno Sauler was installed as the head coach of the DLSU Green Archers. With just a few days to prepare for the tournament, the team stumbled out of the the gates and finished the first round with a 3-4 record. Doubters and pundits…

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Head to Head: The bus: to ban or not to ban?

Welcome to the gates of hell. This appellation was bestowed upon Manila a few months back by Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown, who had not even encountered LRT during rush hour, else he would have known the true meaning of hell. “Blasphemy!” mutter some, shaking their heads upon hearing the cognomen. “He speaks the…

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25 Cents’ Worth: Rising from the ashes

“The more you rush, the more you are delayed” this native Moroccan proverb haunts me whenever I’m engulfed with fast decision making. With the rush of a decision, comes the punishment of its consequences. These challenges present themselves at the most awkward circumstances and surviving the given due to certain decisions has been the spotlight…

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Fearless Forecast: The trends of tomorrow

While reading this article, please imagine the fast speed sequence used in existential movies in which the character remains motionless while the people around him or her are moving fast. This would enhance the excitement and feel of this article about current Filipino trends that will be able to defend through the tests of time…

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Rant and Rave: ‘Kick Ass 2’

Rating:  With a vision of a world full of superheroes, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) comes back as Kick Ass along with co-stars Chloë Moretz as Mindy Macready a.k.a. Hit Girl, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris D’Amico and new character Colonel Stars and Stripes played by Jim Carrey. A follow up to 2010’s Kick Ass, part two…

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Rant and Rave: ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians—’Sea of Monsters’

Rating:  Logan Lerman is back as the demigod Percy Jackson, Son of Poseidon, in this year’s Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Sea of Monsters along with co-stars Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena; Jake Abel as Luke Castellan, son of Hermes and Brandon T. Jackson as Grover Underwood, the trusty satyr. With almost…

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Crash Course: A handy guide to the Learning Commons

In previous years, when students searched for a nice, cool place where they could research their latest academic topics, do a project or two, or just sit down and relax they would head for the library located behind St. Joseph Hall. Spanning four floors, stocked full with books, and even decked out with a coffee…

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Green Pulse: Pre-finals rituals

Worrisome faces with knotted eyebrows and wrinkled foreheads of students start residing inside their favorite coffee shops, a venue that has become the intersection of home and school. A compromise of lifestyle fashioned by comfy attires, faithful hoodies, and tons of coffee cups is the usual go-to place in the not sought after, dreadful prolonged…