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Direction? The problems of an aimless Presidency

Setting a direction is a difficult aspect of the presidency. As the USG’s Chief Executive Officer, the president sets the vision and the general direction upon which the other units will direct their programs and activities.   When Lorenz de Castro was President of the USG two years ago, his main vision was a student-centered…

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Differences within the USG

The second week of March is typically a busy week in De La Salle University.  For regular students, it’s the time for them to relieve themselves from the weight of midterms, and to prepare for the last few weeks of the academic year. For aspiring student-leaders, however, it is their time to show their worth.…

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Commentary: Electing DLSU-STC’s Executive Board

It was a quiet, idyllic, ordinary March morning, when the students of De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex (DLSU-STC) suddenly started seeing red.   Yellow, too – then black, orange, white and blue, marking the start of the premiere campaign period and subsequent student elections in the DLSU-STC campus.   A perplexed DLSU-STC…

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In review: The Chief Magistrate and the Ombudsman

Every school year, University Student Government (USG) officers are elected to serve the Lasallian community. Student leaders have come and gone through the halls of DLSU and have left a mark with unforgettable projects and undisputable contributions to the progeny of the student body. However, in the design of the USG system, it may have…

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Where do parties’ campaign funds come from?

Election time is an awaited event in DLSU. Students eagerly await room-to-room campaigns of candidates, and representatives from political parties are unusually keen on interacting with unknowing spectators.  Friendships are made (and lost) in the same week. Amid the running, complex, complicated gears of the General Elections, one should wonder how all the mass-distributed tarpaulins,…

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Awake but not engaged: A look at Lasallian voting behavior

On May 13, 2013, voters will flock polling stations nationwide to cast their ballots for the Philippine 2013 mid-year elections. According to the Philippine News Agency, 18,022 national and local positions will be up for election, including those in the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the local governments of each region, province, city, and…

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Hues of Lasallian politics

The campaign period is the time University Student Government (USG) aspirants go room to room to talk to the voters at the Amphitheater or in their classrooms,speaking in rhythmic voices in an attempt to instill their platforms in the minds of every Lasallian.   In an attempt to organize and color code themselves, candidates can…

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Video & Poll – DLSU USG Presidential Candidates

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Two DLSU teams enter L’Oreal Brandstorm

Now on it’s fifth year in the Philippines, L’Oreal Brandstorm offers this year’s participants a unique and interesting challenge. With the focus on L’Oreal Paris, the company’s multi-billion flagship brand, students must propose an exciting and innovative hair care and styling product or product range that will appeal to the Southeast Asian market, while staying…

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Back to the 80’s: DLSU’s first GC

[widgetkit id=7218] We are the champions. DLSU held a thanksgiving night and commemorated its athletes with an 80’s-themed variety show, clad with celebrity appearances at the Henry Sy Sr. Hall (HSSH) grounds as part of the University’s Animo Year-end Thanksgiving celebration for DLSU’s first UAAP General Championship. The concert drew several hundred DLSU athletes, students,…