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…
After gritting through seven sports events, De La Salle University currently tops the UAAP General Championship tally with 152 points, giving the University a slim eight-point cushion, 152-144, over the defending general champion, University of Santo Tomas. UST has held the GC plum for 14 straight seasons. The University of the Philippines follows at third…
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The man behind the Archers’ resurgence
By Gee Abanilla Last October 25, 2011, Gee Abanilla took over the Head Coach position of the De La Salle University Green Archers. Abanilla is a former Green Archer; he played on the 1989 and 1990 UAAP championship teams as a point guard under Derrick Pumaren. In 1993, he was drafted by 7-up in the…
Rating: 2.5 In a learned style that Riordan has honed since Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, he comes back with a fresh new title that promises his usual mix of adventure, humor, romance, with a dash of Greek and Roman Mythology. The Mark of Athena is Rick Riordan’s third book in the Heroes of…
The DLSU Lady Archers fell short in its bid to extend the series against perennial champions FEU last October 11, 2012 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum, 70-66. With the Tamaraws sitting on a thrice-to-beat advantage, the Lady Archers’ defeat last Sunday placed the squad on a do-or-die situation as the Tams needed one win to…