Political parties in DLSU will no longer be allowed to identify as political parties in all University Student Government (USG) elections, following a new law approved by the Legislative Assembly (LA) in its latest emergency session today, April 1. The new measure is a “step-up” from previous anti-partisanship rules and “reflects the USG’s highest commitment…
With 26 million youth voters in the coming 2019 senatorial midterm elections, the University’s student political parties, Santugon sa Tawag ng Panahon (Santugon) and Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista (Tapat), have joined forces to increase “political consciousness” among the youth by launching their own partylist—Aral Muna. Formed in secret in November 2018, the partylist now formally…
Panic ensued as students evacuated Gokongwei Hall after a fire broke out inside the building last March 13. However, as the Manila Central Fire Station crew extinguished the flames, they found a student still inside one of the classrooms. In an interview with The LaSallian, firefighters at the scene claimed that the student, who was…