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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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Janet Lim-Napoles, JLN Corporation, seven affiliate senators and 23 congressmen, 10 billion pesos – anyone in sync with current affairs would be familiar with these associations to the pork barrel or Priority Development Assistance Fund, which the press had resurrected as early as July this year, following whistleblower Benhur Luy’s unraveling of an elaborate NGO’s…
Some thoughts on the rally: I had the most insightful conversation with a friend I had not seen in a long time earlier today at the rally. He told me that he’s happy that many students, teachers and administrators came to attend the rally, but he also expressed disappointment that many who attended the rally…
Do you ever feel like jumping in front of the LRT? is not a common question among most social circles, but it certainly should be. At least one Filipino commits suicide everyday, finds a study conducted by the Natasha Goulborn Foundation in 2011. Given our reputation of being the happiest, most optimistic people in the…