Last September 19, a minor fire incident in the Information Technology Services (ITS) office affected servers in the registrar and the accounting office. The situation resulted in long lines, pending requests and inaccessible records for two days. The incident lays bare the issue of whether the ITS office is secured to provide a reliable…
It was in 1975 when La Salle gained University status; with this came the need for internationalization. According to Reodel Masilungan, Director for the International Center, though the University has been accepting resident foreigners ever since its conception, it was during the 1970s when the University began to accept non-resident foreign students which continued until…
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USG performance scorecard
Since the start of the school year, the different units of the University Student Government (USG) have been active in fulfilling campaign promises from the candidates during the General Elections and initiating projects for the student body. While the Office of the President focused on educating students about national issues, the other offices, particularly that…
This October, the University Student Government (USG) had made public two official stands, as decided by the Legislative Assembly (LA). These pertain to the stances of the USG on the Reproductive Health Bill and the Cybercrime Prevention Act. “This is actually the first time I’ve seen the student body this agitated about national issues,” says…
The financial crisis of 2008 has left much of the world in turmoil, while leaving one economic powerhouse relatively unaffected and still fast growing after the crash. Prior to the meltdown that shook the biggest economies in the world and even after that, China experienced double digit growth. Last year, China overtook Japan as the…
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The La Sallian way
By Julio C. Teehankee Close to two and a half decades ago, I had the special privilege of serving as one of the editors of the bastion of issue-oriented critical thinking and the official student publication of De La Salle University – The LaSallian. From a cub reporter, in my froshie year, covering the twilight…
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The best decision ever
By Isabelle Yujuico School-home-school-home. That was the humdrum of my elementary and high school years except perhaps for the last two years. My parents did not promote after school activities. Come college, I was determined to do a 180. As an overenthusiastic freshman, I joined six organizations, but it was only The LaSallian (TLS) that…
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UniGames: La Salle asserts early dominance
De La Salle University surged to the lead in the first two days of the University Games last October 22 and 23 in Bacolod, Negros Occidental. Early action The athletes from Taft bagged early wins as the men’s football, and both volleyball teams hold perfect records. The Green Booters pulled a remarkable win against San…
By Philip Ella Juico I spent all my student life, except for the two years at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) where I obtained my Master of Business Management (MBM), now known as Master of Business Administration (MBA), in 1973, and a great part of my career as an education manager and academician at…
The 17th UniGames (University Games) will kick off in Bacolod, the capital city of Negros Occidental on October 22, and will end on the 28th. De La Salle University’s sister school, University of St. La Salle, will host this year’s festivities for the tenth time. In 1996, late Lasallian Brother Rolando Dizon and Roger Banzuela…