The LaSallianThe biggest boxing story for the past year was, to nobody’s surprise, the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight that never happened. “Pretty Boy” had more conditions than a kidnapper, ranging from the split of the earnings of the potential mega-buck fight to the blood test he wanted Pacquiao to take before and after the fight.…
Before the holiday break began, a foreigner friend told me that I smiled too much and that I should at times refrain from showing my cavities to the world. Much to the outsider’s dismay, I widened my grin instead and told him that there is just a lot to smile about. In the Philippines, the…
I will not mince words or lie to you; I am dying, and so are you. Each day brings with it death for us all. No, I am not trying to sound pessimistic (nor sound like a doomsayer; you have the Book of Revelation for that). Scientifically speaking, the human body regularly “dies” since the…
As the school year is coming to an end, the Freshmen Arts Students Team (FAST) 2009 batch government loses one of its elected officers to an exchange student program. FAST2009 Batch Vice President Beatriz Marquez is participating in an exchange student program at the National University of Singapore, from January to May. She will resume…
Lasallians’clamor for space cannot be denied, what with the campus congestion very apparent at the canteens during lunch time or at the SJ Walk during breaks.
Fortunately, the ongoing construction of the Centennial Building and the administration’s plans to extend to the De La Salle Canlubang (DLSC) campus make it clear that the University strives to address the problem of congestion in campus.
Decisions shape events, and events shape the future. Ninety three percent of Filipinos were optimistic as they ushered in 2011 according to a Social Weather Stations survey. Optimism aside, there are still major issues unresolved from last year, and perhaps many more are yet to come this year.
Nadine saw her History professor getting on the same Taft-bound MRT train as she was. He didn’t see her, but from afar, she saw her professor holding hands with a stranger. She moved closer to the couple only to find out that her professor was holding hands with her batch mate, who was at least 10 years younger than the professor.
Things did not start and end right for the DLSU Green Batters as they lost to the undefeated University of Santo Tomas (UST) squad, 5-4, at the onset of the second round of the UAAP Season 73 Baseball Tournament, Jan. 8, at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.
It was the match the DLSU Lady Spikers had been waiting for all year, and now it was at the third set, with them having already two sets in the bag, with a wide 17-8 lead at the third set.
With the University Student Government (USG) General Election just a few months away, new hopefuls will soon enter school politics. Old candidates will also run once more, but some of them for different positions.