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6 min

UP Pep Squad’s recipe for redemption: Lessons from the cheerdance mat

Posted on 29 September 201330 September 2013
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It has been two weeks since they placed first runner-up at the UAAP 76 Cheerdance Competition, held at the Mall of Asia Arena last Sept.15, following a three-peat championship reign. There was no room to brood over the loss as they are now back to training – this time in preparation for the World Cheerleading Championships in Thailand on November, where the UP Pep Squad will represent the Philippines.

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3 min

UP naming ‘mahal’

Posted on 27 September 201327 September 2013
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A different noise rattled the corridors of Palma Hall last week.
It was not the usual student chatter, but the echoes of enraged Iskos and Iskas walking out of their classes last Sept. 20 to join the university-wide mobilization against the pork barrel system and UP’s looming 1.43 billion-peso budget cut for 2014.

UP Tankers claim double championship plum

Posted on 22 September 2013
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The University of the Philippines Men’s and Women’s Varsity Swimming Teams reigned supreme as they emerged as double champions in the UAAP Season 76 Swimming Championship Sunday at the Trace Aquatic Center in Los Baños, Laguna.

UP ends basketball season winless

Posted on 19 September 2013
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The Fighting Maroons wrapped up another winless season, having gone 0-14 in 2007 and 2010. The Red Warriors ended with a 7-7 slate.

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2 min

NU dethrones UP; bags 1st cheerdance crown

Posted on 16 September 201316 September 2013
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The National University notched a historic first-ever UAAP Cheerdance Competition championship title as they bested three-peat defending champion University of the Philippines, in front of 20, 830 spectators, Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

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5 min

The main event

Posted on 15 September 201315 September 2013
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Dressed in sleeveless maroon-and-gray hoodies and pants with pompoms and flags, the UP Pep Squad bagged its first title in 1999.

FEU sends UP to 13th loss

Posted on 12 September 2013
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The Far Eastern University secured a playoff for the twice-to-beat-advantage after thrashing University of the Philippines, 87-69, in the UAAP Men’s Basketball Tournament, Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Diliman Student Summit tackles pork barrel, budget cut

Posted on 12 September 201312 September 2013
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Discussions in the annual Diliman Student Summit held Wednesday tied the pork barrel scam to the looming P1.43 billion budget cut for the University of the Philippines.

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2 min

Katipunan schools unite against pork barrel

Posted on 11 September 2013
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Students from the University of the Philippines, along with administrators, faculty, staff and sectoral groups joined their counterparts from the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and Miriam College (MC) Wednesday in the first endeavor of the Katipunan Kontra Korupsyon alliance against pork barrel.

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2 min

Lady Archers end Maroons’ campaign for semis, 71-64

Posted on 8 September 20138 September 2013
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The University of the Philippines booted out of final four contention after suffering a 71-64 loss to De La Salle University in the second round of the UAAP women’s basketball Sunday the Mall of Asia Arena.

Tigers slaughter Maroons, 63-39

Posted on 7 September 2013
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The University of the Philippines suffered a painful 63-39 loss after a fourth canto onslaught from the University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP Men’s Basketball Tournament Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

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Maroons suffer 11th loss to Bulldogs

Posted on 4 September 20134 September 2013
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The University of the Philippines remained in the cellar after losing to National University, 79-62, in the second round of the UAAP 76 Men’s Basketball Tournament Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.