Fresh from a victorious five game sweep of round one of UAAP Baseball Season 74, the Ateneo Blue Batters are taking no chances that may tarnish their perfect win-loss record. Ateneo remains number one in the ranks, with an astonishing 6-0 win-loss card. Sticking to their original game plan of winning every inning, the Katipunan-based [...]
The Ateneo Blue Booters ended the first round of UAAP Season 74 with a surprising 1-0 victory over De La Salle University (DLSU) last Sunday, January 29 at the Ateneo High School football field. After a bitter 3-1 defeat at the hands of FEU, an incomplete Loyola squad came into the match looking for a [...]
After their 4-0 loss to UST, the Ateneo Lady Booters were pitted against the University of the Philippines in the last game of the first round. This installment of the Battle of Katipunan showed moments of magic as the Lady Booters finally broke their scoring drought. Despite their efforts, they failed to clinch a win [...]
For the first time in history, the Ateneo Blue Batters swept the first round of the 74th UAAP Baseball season, defeating all five contenders vying for the championship title in the collegiate baseball field. This assures the Blue Eagles a spot in the final four of this season. These are indeed exciting times for Ateneo [...]
With their first two fixtures ending in scoreless draws, the Ateneo Lady Booters took to the field against the University of Santo Tomas (UST) with a first win in their sights. However, their hopes were quashed as the España-based squad handed Ateneo its first loss of the season, 4-0, on January 25 at the Ateneo [...]
In their second to the last game for the first round of UAAP Baseball Season 74, Ateneo remained undefeated. Outplaying last season’s champions, UST, the nine-inning-long scrimmage ended at 8-1, in favor of the blue and white. The Ateneo powerhouse battled against the Tigers bright and early on January 22 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball [...]
WHAT STARTED out as a commendable first half performance for the Blue Booters was quickly erased within seven minutes—the amount of time between the two goals scored by the UST Growling Tigers in the second half. After the final whistle, UST secured the win with a 0-2 score in their first meeting against Ateneo this [...]
SHE IS one of the team’s newest members, but she has been playing sensational, seasoned volleyball in only her first year playing the sport in the UAAP. Former UST High School standout Alyssa Valdez led all scorers with a career-high 30 points as the Lady Spikers routed the National University Bulldogs, 3-1. Fresh off a [...]
ASL fields most candidates for other posts SANGGUNIAN VICE President Gio Alejo (III BS HSc) and School of Social Sciences (SOSS) Junior Central Board (CB) Representative Moses Albiento (III AB SoS) are set to face off in the upcoming Sanggunian General Elections, as the two prepare to wage a battle for the presidency. Meanwhile, the [...]
The odds seem to be in favor of Ateneo this 74th UAAP Baseball season. The Blue Batters defeated last season’s 5th placers, UP Diliman, on January 19 after only five innings. The game ended with the score of 14-3. This gives the Blue Batters a 3-0 win-loss record on their second week of the season. [...]
No Rhea Dimaculangan, no problem. After UST’s star player tweaked her ankle in the second set, the Lady Tigers clawed from a 0-1 hole en route to a 3-1 romp over the Ateneo Lady Spikers, backed by a boisterous crowd that lorded over The FilOil Flying V Arena on January 15. Maruja Banaticla scored 15 [...]
“WE CANNOT accept the explosion of the euro, which would mean the explosion of Europe,” said French president Nicolas Sarkozy, a key player in Europe’s debt crisis, in a statement during the G20 summit held in Cannes. The Eurozone debt crisis continues to threaten the continent’s financial stability and is causing ripple effects on economies [...]
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Second Look msanchez@theguidon.com For today’s Filipino, Christmas is a season of two faces: on one hand, the traditional customs of simbang gabi, noche buena, and media noche, accented with ensaymada and hamon, and on the other hand, the more “commercialized” Christmas of decked halls, crazy shopping sprees at the mall and a break from all [...]
Point Blank laquino@theguidon.com The fossilization of our national hero in ubiquitous one-peso coins has led most Filipinos to an exceedingly dull acquaintance with Dr. Jose Rizal. Even so, the people he died for continue to find so many different occasions where they can brandish his name in memoriam. In fact, his name and picture have [...]
Vox Populi ksantiago@theguidon.com The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) stated in a report released a year ago that almost 50% of the country’s working students do not get to finish college. The factors that are believed to have contributed to this statistic include poor health, difficulty in coping with studies and the lack of financial [...]
Logique du Coeur mgarcia@theguidon.com Christmas is one of the most celebrated holidays in the country. More than the pretty lights, colorful displays and presents in fancy packaging, society encourages us to make the season more meaningful by doing something “good.” Whether through grand gestures or a humble thank you, we are taught to express gratitude [...]
Nothing Fancy kfrancisco@theguidon.com They say the quality of education’s been going down for the past couple of years, but maybe the analysts have got it wrong. Immediately after Pacquiao’s controversial boxing victory and while the Arroyos’ flight attempt unfolded, millions of Filipinos have suddenly become boxing analysts and legal experts—sometimes, even both. A cacophony of [...]
When Cynicism becomes Cataclysm Throughout my four college years, the Ateneo de Manila Student Government (or the Sanggunian) has experienced recurring problems: the perceived question of irrelevance, weak delineations and unclear ideological grounds of political parties, an absence of politicization, and more often than not, a cynical electorate, marked with more or less a quarter [...]