DLSU hosted the #TheLeaderIWant Forum on January 20 at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium,with over a thousand members of the audience in attendance. Although the event, organized by social news network Rappler, was originally intended to be a tandem forum, the only pair present was the tandem of presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and […]
With both achievements and challenges faced by the Lasallian community, 2015 was a whirlwind year for DLSU. At the onset of a new year and a new term, The LaSallian reviews the notable events in 2015 that took place inside the University. Year of “news” The past year has brought about different changes and […]
Last January 8, the University Student Government (USG) Legislative Assembly (LA) held a session at the USG Conference Room to discuss the appointment of the new Magistrate for Gokongwei College of Engineering (GCOE) Rafael Rabacca and a students’ manifesto calling for the national government’s prioritization of the Maguindanao Massacre. In a deliberation held by the […]
Representatives of the student sector to the Multi-Sectoral Committee on Student Fees (MSCSF) move to propose a 0-2 percent tuition fee increase (TFI) and 0 percent miscellaneous fee increase, according to University Student Government (USG) Executive Treasurer Zed Laqui during the Convention of Leaders (COLE) held on January 8 at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium. At the […]
Discussions on next year’s tuition fee increase (TFI) have commenced after the Multi-Sectoral Committee on Student Fees (MSCSF) held its first meeting last December 8. The meetings held by the MSCSF are conducted in compliance with Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum Order No. 3 and 8, Series of 2012, on “Enhanced Policies, Guidelines and […]
DLSU has released its official response following a statement made by TEDxDLSU organizers earlier this month regarding the cancellation of the January 2016 event. In its official statement, the University maintained that while the free exchange of ideas in the academic community is encouraged, next year’s TEDxDLSU event was cancelled because it was being organized by […]
A few weeks after plans for the DLSU Senior High School were formalized, an orientation program for prospective students and their parents was conducted yesterday, December 5, at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium. During the event, DLSU Vice Chancellor for Academics Dr. Robert Roleda and DLSU Integrated School (IS) Principal Rafael Reloza discussed the different aspects of the Senior […]
The University Student Government (USG) Legislative Assembly (LA) convened for its first and last session for this term last November 27 at the USG Conference Room. During the session, the body’s first resolution for the academic year was deliberated on and later passed. Resolution 2015-01, which calls for the inclusion of different representatives from the […]
The Philippine Youth Congress, a series of events which aims to provide an avenue for the Filipino youth voice to be heard in the 2016 national and local elections, commenced on November 25 at the SMX Convention Center with its first forum, a social conversation to discuss the Filipino youth agenda. The event was organized […]
MARCH 6 — On the first day of campaigning for the 2015 University Student Government (USG) General Elections (GE), Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista (Tapat) files a petition calling for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the elections because of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) allegedly permitting late submissions of Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of some candidates. […]