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UAAP Women’s Volleyball Poll: DLSU Lady Spikers ready for second round

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GLIMPSE: Breaking time

Time is, itself, the longest distance between two possible places – or so famous author Tennessee Williams supposed. This distance between now (Point A) and our goal (Point B) looms ever so daunting and imposing before us, such that we fail to grasp the whole thing. The idea of covering it all in one fell…

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DLSU blesses Henry Sy Sr. Hall offices

“I hope that these two spaces [Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament (MBS) and the Henry Sy Sr. Hall (HSSH)] will continue to make us more learner centered, to transform society and to make sure that we will love and live the vision.”- DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Ricky Laguda FSC.     Henry Sy…

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Feisty La Salle Batters picks up first win

The De La Salle University Green Batters picked up the team’s first win of the season in a thrilling, 5-4, come-from-behind victory against the Adamson University Soaring Falcons last January 13 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium. “They made up for the first two games which they lost. The pitchers delivered and we managed to…

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Rant and Rave: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Rating: 3.5 Roughly two years removed from the death of Al-Qaeda Head Osama Bin Laden, Academy Award Winning Director Kathyrn Bigelow (Hurt Locker) explores the circumstances that led to his demise and the manhunt that preceded it in the Oscar-Nominated film (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Screenplay) Zero Dark Thirty. Using first-hand interviews, news articles…

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Vignette: Grassroot graphics

Many are aware of DC’s and Marvel’s spandex-clad heroes and heroines, the icons of the graphic novel medium. Unbeknownst to many, some of the world’s favorite characters, from Captain Marvel to Jonah Hex, have been illustrated by our homegrown talents, the likes of which include the late Alfredo Alcala and Tony DeZuniga. Even less known…

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Lady Spikers completes a comeback victory against undefeated Eagles

Championship composure spelled the match out for the defending champion, the Lady Spikers, as the team snatched a five set victory against the ADMU Lady Eagles. The Lady Spikers performed an almost improbable comeback after going two sets to none, earlier today at the Arena in San Juan.   As expected, the match was a…

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Rant and Rave: ‘Les Misérables’

When the screenings of Les Miserables were pushed back from December to January thanks to the Metro Manila Film Festival, many die-hard fans who couldn’t wait one day more to see the musical-turned-film cried out in despair. In desperation, some left the country to catch the movie while others scoured torrent sites to find a…

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UAAP: Green Spikers bludgeons Soaring Falcons in first round finale

The DLSU Green Spikers made quick work of the Adamson Soaring Falcons in a, 25-14, 25-19, 25-18, three-set sweep last January 12 at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.   Myco Antonio led the Taft-based squad with 13 points while Philip Cerveza and Kevin Dela Vega carried their defensive duties with a…

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Dissecting the finals rematch: Lady Spikers versus Lady Eagles

The Lady Spikers will face the Lady Eagles in a familiar finals duel tomorrow, 3 pm at the Arena in San Juan.  Last year, the ladies in Green-and-White beat the Lady Eagles, but tomorrow’s match may be a different story. The Lady Spikers, the defending champion, is set to face the only unbeaten team this…