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Rant and Rave: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

Grade: 4.0 Ambitious, visually stunning, and structurally perfect – The Dark Knight Rises is another Nolan classic that has viewers do something Hollywood movies usually never do: think. The Dark Knight Rises is the final movie in the Batman trilogy, with Bruce Wayne’s concluding battle as Gotham’s caped crusader. With seasoned actors such as Anne…

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UAAP: Revilla-less Archers absorbs first loss against Tamaraws

Disappointment filled the air as Almond Vosotros’ desperate, supposedly game-winning, three clanked off the rim as the DLSU Green Archers, playing without team captain LA Revilla, fell short in their heartbreaking 48-46 loss at the expense of the Far Eastern University Tamaraws last July 22 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.   Mac…

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A Fight for Life

    Political and business leaders, non-government and civil society organisations, journalists and activists, scientists, academics and indigenous tribes met last month at Rio+20  a.k.a., the United Nations  Conference on Environment Development. It came twenty years after that first meeting at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil which made ‘Sustainable Development’ a rallying cry extolled by everyone…

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PAASCU to re-accredit DLSU on February 2013

Time to level up. Six colleges are currently preparing for re-accreditation from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), with the formal survey visit scheduled on February 2013. These six include the College of Computer Studies (CCS) the College of Education (CED), the College of Liberal Arts (CLA), the College of Science…

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Maintaining the Agno economy

Considered to be the convenient choice for hungry budget-conscious students, Fidel Reyes Street, more prominently known as Agno, has occupied a special place in the hearts of Lasallians. The area is famous for cheap prices being offered by the various food establishments in the area. It, however, remains to be seen whether Agno has maintained…

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Investigative Report: Centennial Hall construction

Its design has garnered the curiosity and fascination of many; even LRT patrons, who look in awe at the latest addition to the campus, as the trains pass by. The construction of the Henry Sy Sr. Hall, probably the most prominent project among the laundry list of activities that marked the celebration of DLSU’s centenary…

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The story behind the Canlubang campus

As early as 1976, the De La Salle brothers had envisioned the Canlubang campus. The initial plan sought to use the campus for the College of Education. By the 1990s, plans for Canlubang changed. Canlubang was being considered as a possible extension for the College of Business and College of Liberal Arts. And by 2003…

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Traffic measures in DLSU

The recent installation of new traffic lights along Taft Avenue has raised questions regarding its effectiveness in controlling the increasing traffic problem. Congestion in Taft Avenue has always been a concern for many; the installation of more traffic lights along this road is one attempt to fix the problem. The effectiveness of these traffic measures…

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Planning stage? Updates on the Campus Renewal Plan

In line with the University’s vision of being one of the leading learner-centered research university, it has launched a five-year redevelopment program known as the Campus Renewal Plan. That said plan was started in 2009. It aims to improve existing structures, provide state-of-the-art facilities, and address the lack of the spatial planning in the university.…

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La Salle prepares for K+12

Give it a few more years. Despite the Department of Education’s (DepEd) formal launching of the K+12 program for schools this year, the formal implementation and recognition of K+12 in the educational structure has yet to materialize. Until the legislative signs the K+12 Bill into law, educational institutions around the country still have time to…