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A decade after

10 years ago I graduated from DLSU. 10 years ago I would never imagine that I would be doing what I am doing today. Yes, it has been a decade since and there were a lot of life lessons learned, expectations that were not met, disappointments, and of course successes too. 10 years ago, I…

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An Education

I have always wanted to be an editor. Call it the audacity of hope but back when I was in butterfly barrettes and a starts-out-crisp but ends-up-rumpled white button down and navy blue pleated skirt, I was already bounding along the halls of my elementary school in Tondo, Manila, clutching a binder of manuscripts that…

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Editorial: Do we need the USG?

Midway into the year, and the USG under President Migi Moreno and the rest of the Executive Board has been coping with the structures that they have been left with from the previous administrations. Saint Anthony Tiu’s vision of a USG that served primarily as a policymaker rather than project implementer is a challenge taken…

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Letter to the Editor by Jerick Maala

Letters to the Editor is a section where The LaSallian publishes sentiments and opinions by members of the community on matters concerning life in De La Salle University in any of its aspects. Should you wish to send a letter to the editor, kindly email your letter to [email protected], or send a message to our Facebook…

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Letter to the Editor by Jose Miguel Moreno

Letters to the Editor is a section where The LaSallian publishes sentiments and opinions by members of the community on matters concerning life in De La Salle University in any of its aspects. Should you wish to send a letter to the editor, kindly email your letter to [email protected], or send a message to our Facebook page.…

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Bounce back

If DLSU will introduce a course on FAIL101 in the near future, I will volunteer to teach the class and share learning key points from past mistakes and previous decisions in life. Perhaps my failures mirror the ongoing experiences of my fellow Lasallians: Having three 0.0’s in my transcript, producing half baked projects, and spreading…

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Be informed

Recently, I was wondering just how powerful social media can be. It is readily accessible and available for everyone to use and benefit from. Anyone can easily create his or her Facebook and Twitter accounts in just a minute or less. Any information can be accessed with just one click and everyone automatically knows it.…

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Discretionary

Many students confused about their institutional identity may be at a loss when confronted with the question, ‘What is the Lasallian way of doing things?’ An interesting perspective of the Lasallian way is provided by an opinion column written by CLA Dean Dr. July Teehankee for The LaSallian’s anniversary issue last year, where he wrote…

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Reminiscence

Instagram, Hipstamatic, the use of vinyl records, film cameras, re-makes of hit movies and vintage songs left and right: one of the most downloaded smartphone applications as of the moment is Instagram, an app which lets you apply different vintage looks for your photos, putting a certain nostalgia feel to them like those you would…

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Armed and informed

Two years ago in the midst of torrential rain not unlike what we’ve been experiencing last month, a man drove into a road in Quezon City which, at the time, was unfortunately submerged in thigh-high floods. His car, the poor thing, found itself floating in the newly formed body of water. Its startled driver was…