Academic dishonesty (cheating and plagiarism) and third and succeeding entry into campus without an ID (left ID) top the list of major and minor offenses respectively, recorded in the last academic year, according to the Student Discipline Formation Office (SDFO). What the record shows A total of 25 cases of academic dishonesty have been…
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On May 14, the Manila Board of Canvassers proclaimed former president Joseph Estrada as the mayor of Manila, garnering 343,993 votes, or 52.72 percent of the total votes cast in Manila, against incumbent mayor Alfredo Lim, who received 308,544 votes, or 47.28 percent of votes. Estrada won by a difference of 35,449 votes. The former…
*James is an international student in DLSU, wishing to avail financial assistance by applying forth the Student Assistantship and Resource Training Program (START) in which financial support is in turn received after several hours of service rendered to the University. However, it turns out that the program is eligible only for the students who are…
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DLSU achieves scholarship target
The University offers a wide variety of scholarships, loans and other types of financial assistance programs to academically gifted but financially challenged individuals who choose to study in DLSU. It has always been the goal to make quality education accessible to all as stated in the revised vision mission. Thus, in 2011, the University made…
‘Integration’ has been the plan set for DLSU and its Science and Technology Complex (DLSU-STC), but the plans for creating a seamless physical integration between both campuses is a challenge that the University administration is still continuing to iron out, particularly for Student Affairs. Starting this school year, student activities and programs will be held…
After news of a De La Salle – College of St. Benilde (DLSU-CSB) student jumping off a building inside the campus broke out during the summer, the incident on May 9 has proven to be another entry to the records of university-related suicides, following the UP-Manila case. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Case investigator…
The May 2013 Philippine general elections consisted of 28 million voters aged 18 – 25. This translates to 54.9 percent of the total voting population. Members of the DLSU community of legal age were given the opportunity to register themselves as voters and elect government officials whom they believed to be instrumental in changing the…
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DLSU in light of QS rankings
DLSU slid from the 551-600 brackets to the 601+ bracket Quacquarelli Symonds’ (QS) general ranking of worldwide universities. The University, along with Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) and the University of the Philippines (UP), is part of the top 200 in 2013’s QS World University Ranking by subject. DLSU ranked top 101-150 in English language…
After the My LaSalle (MLS) Enrollment System had been replaced by Oracle (animo.sys), the new system of the University to provide the students with a more efficient enrollment system resulted in an increased frustration amongst Lasallians during the online enlistment for the first term of academic year 2013-2014. The seemingly plausible plan to replace MLS…
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Campus renewal plan in motion
With the opening of the academic year, Lasallians are greeted by a wave of new facades resulting from the recently concluded and others still ongoing constructions around campus. Canteen Renovations After Zaide and Animo Food Haus pulled out of DLSU, students were left with no canteen in the main campus during the summer term and…