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LSAL: a new ball game

With the UAAP basketball season almost over and volleyball action set late this year, the PBA’s 37th season kicking off in barely a month’s time, and provided that the NBA would come to terms with the best ballers in the world before the Oct. 9 deadline, for the meantime, DLSU have the La Salle Athletic…

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Inside the Green Mind

Throughout the years, there have been many prominent names that have indulged themselves in writing about the Green Archers’ performance. Among the famous and controversial would be Tony Atayde Sr., who is popularly known as the Green Mind. Atayde is a former DLSU track and field star and basketball player during the 70’s. He hails…

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Team Revisited: DLSU Golf team

Golf is a sport where the playing field is not a wood-panelled arena, but an idyllic, wind-swept course dotted with lush trees and rolling hills. It is bereft of referees or judges whose in-game decisions can sometimes affect the complexion and even the outcome of the matches, and is also less physically demanding than its…

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Lady Archers breaks through 2nd round, barges into final four

While their male counterparts lost in the UAAP semis bout, the Lady Archers are headed straight back to the final four of the UAAP Season 74 Women’s Basketball tournament. The Green-and-White cagebelles secured a post-season berth after dispatching UE, Ateneo and Adamson to hike a 5-0 winning rally at the start of the second round…

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Archers drops out of UAAP semis hunt

Two years ago, with their flickering final four hopes at stake, the National University (NU) Bulldogs showed the DLSU Green Archers the exit door by ekeing out a close win that snuffed out the Green-and-White Squad’s slim chances of making the semifinals. Two years later, they did the same thing, only this time, the margin…

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Lasallian athletes banner Philippine flag in SEA games

Lasallian athletes will once again represent the country in its quest for the over-all championship in the forthcoming 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) this November, at Jakatra-Palembeng, Indonesia. The eleven countries in Southeast Asian will participate in the games, with 42 disciplines to be participated by the Philippines. Athletes from the Green-and-White squads will  battle…

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Opinion

Why we did not make it

None of the top four universities in the country was included in the top 300 Asian universities in the most recent QS World University Rankings.  Concerned citizens, whether parents, students and even lawmakers, point out that the results prove the degradation of the education system in the country. According to a QS ranking advisory board…

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The Stories that Lasted: Creation Myths

“I can’t do this Sam”, he sighs. With no hope in sight and legions of orcs heading their way, Frodo sinks back down beneath the ruins of Osgiliath, as the Two Towers, part two of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, draws to a close.  The epic quest to destroy the Ring and end Sauron’s…

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Around the World and Back Home

A four-year-old girl was busy drawing on the floor when her mom approached her and said: “Mama will be gone for a few days, okay? Do not forget to be a good girl. I love you.” The little girl, still focused on her drawing, nodded as her mom kissed her on the forehead and bid…

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Exposition: Getting Lost and Getting Found

Most of the time, trips are planned. You have an itinerary on hand, a map and a camera to capture all our special moments. You like to have a clear picture of the sites you will visit, the places you will stay in, the people you will encounter and the many ways you can get…