Editorial

We Don’t Clap for Chatbots

The University has a curious habit of championing the wrong victories. When a De La Salle University – Dasmariñas (DLSU-D) alumnus had his artificial intelligence (AI)-generated short film shortlisted for an international AI film competition in Dubai—one dangling a $1…

When curation becomes censorship

Institution channels for information should empower the community—not filter it to protect reputations. Yet at DLSU-D, the line between “curating” and censoring has grown increasingly hard to see.  Much of this directly challenges the Publication, but beyond that, it is…

Pressed But Not Free

Filipino journalists fight a war on two fronts, and they cannot win it alone. They stand as inheritors of courage earned in blood—of reporters who chose exile over silence when Ferdinand Marcos padlocked every newspaper on September 21, 1972. That…

Anong kulay ba ang watawat?

Elementarya pa lang ay itinuturo na sa bawat Pilipinong mag-aaral ang mga kulay ng watawat: asul, pula, dilaw, at puti. Bawat bahid, bawat hugis, ay may kani-kaniyang sinasagisag. Ngunit habang lumilipas ang panahon, unti-unti ring mapagtatanto na ang mga kulay…

All for show

Behind a facade of rainbow flags and commemorative colored shirts, the University still lacks a strong foundation for true progressiveness. Students have yet to experience excellent education, determined leadership, and a sustained community climate. The University’s vision and mission declare…

Beyond green gates

Originally published in Heraldo Filipino Volume 38, Double Issue   Once again, the University remains to be the greenest university in the country. This accolade recognizes the institution’s consistent efforts to promote environmental sustainability inside the campus, but while this…

Stricken pins of activism

Sparked by raising a banner that wrote “LASALLIANS OF CAVITE AGAINST CHA-CHA” during an EDSA Commemoration March organized by De La Salle University-Dasmarinas (DLSU-D) itself, Coalition of Concerned Lasallians (CCL) Coordinator Paolo Tarra was sanctioned with non-readmission by the Student…

The march to remember

Dictatorship impales democracy. In 1986, amidst the Filipinos’ desire for freedom and rage over the abuse of power by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., a revolution began. This marked the beginning of a revolution that freed the nation from…

No in-betweens

The root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be traced back to the mid-twentieth century. In 1947, the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 181, commonly known as the Partition Plan, with the aim to divide the British Mandate of Palestine into…