Whenever I meet people, there is one question I dread they’ll ask: Where did you go to school? “Ateneo?” “La...
Summertime marks the beginning of the pre-season basketball leagues like the 2012 FilOil Flying V Pre-season Hanes Cup. This magical league lets schools that wouldn’t otherwise meet in the season proper clash for ultimate school supremacy. Member-schools from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) collide before they return to their respective leagues in the upcoming season.
I’m an Ateneo alumnus. Mention La Salle and our UAAP battle, and my hibernating animosity toward the Green Archers stirs back to life. I want La Salle beaten to a pulp.
In Faraway Minsk, capital city of Belarus, once part of the unlamented Soviet Union, director Ricardo Abad was beside himself with excitement.
The Martial Law (ML) years brought innumerable losses and grief untold, as well as sadness and anger that linger decades after. Many suffered the loss of loved ones, property or identity.
His anxiety stems from three things. Bo Perasol, the new coach of the Ateneo men’s basketball team, admits to this as school officials introduce him before a small gathering of past and present players, alumni and supporters.
4TH WALL Theater Company’s “Rivalry: Ateneo-La Salle The Musical” is back onstage starting Jan. 25, 2013, at the Meralco Theater in Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City.
Traditional rivals, these three schools are also seen to have the richest campus cultures. Their individual school spirit is exemplified in their pep squads, which, even if they belong to different leagues, provide the uplift the school needs in and out of basketball season. Hooray for these three high school squads!
During the glory days of the NCAA, Ateneo and San Beda were the giants in the league; as the two winningest schools, they were considered poles apart.
There was a running joke we had in one of the offices I worked with in Ateneo. After every event we planned and staged, we would have an evaluation the day after or soon after the event.
