Last June 13, sudden heavy torrential rain caused flooding both inside and outside the campus, and prompted the University to call off classes for the first time this academic year. The event, brought about by less than 90 minutes of rain in the area heightened concerns over the possible disaster that an actual storm might…
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The State of the Nation Address (SONA) is the message delivered by the President of the Philippines at the opening of every regular session of the Congress. Last July 23, 2012, President Noynoy Aquino delivered his third SONA. It has been reported that this SONA focused on what the administration had achieved within its three…
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has recently announced that the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) will be up for sale, as soon as Mayor-elect Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada assumes office. Ayala Land, Henry Sy’s SM Group of Companies, Lucio Tan Group, San Miguel Corporation, and De La Salle University-Manila have reportedly shown interest in seeking ownership…
Campus Services Volunteer Program (CSVP) is, as the name suggests, a volunteer program where students participate in the affairs of the Office of Associate Vice-President for Campus Services. The volunteer program is mainly headed by former University Student Government (USG) Vice President for Internal Affairs and now Santugon president Robert Hechanova. He was approached by…
“In other universities, especially abroad, they wouldn’t have a venue where different members of an academic community can openly and freely discuss [national] issues and concerns,” says Migi Moreno, University Student Government (USG) President. The Committee on National Issues and Concerns (CoNIC) is a university-wide multi-sectoral committee placed under the Office of the President. The…
Last June 11, a score of De La Salle Araneta University (DLSAU) students, led by Supreme Student Council (SSC) President Robert Gatbonton, assembled in front of the university’s gates to call for the resignation of DLSAU President Br. Narciso “Jun” Erguiza FSC. The publicly disseminated manifesto consolidated by the SSC, with the assistance of the…
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Understanding student plagiarism
In a recently published issue of The LaSallian, the Student Discipline Formation Office (SDFO) recorded 25 cases of academic dishonesty in AY 2012-2013 – the most commonly committed major offense in the previous year’s accounting for a quarter of the total number of major offenses. School’s provisions The Oxford Dictionary (2013) defines plagiarism, a…
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CSO amends accreditation scheme
Pursuant to its theme of uniting all organizations, the Council of Student Organizations (CSO) has recently revised their accreditation model to facilitate a system in which organizations will be graded accordingly along with their respective efforts. This initiative aims to address certain constraints that have been present in the current accreditation model. Deviating from the…
In line with DLSU’s core values of faith, zeal and communion, student organizations under the Council of Student Organization (CSO) and units of the University Student Government (USG) are encouraged to have socio-civic activities planned within the year . Activities that usually fall under this category are fundraisers for a chosen beneficiary, where proceeds from…
The DLSU Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has started preparations for the upcoming freshmen elections (FE), expected to be on the first week of August. The internal preparations include the appointing of new commissioners and executive board and the revising of the election code. Despite having barely a month to prepare, the COMELEC declares that they…