The Philippine Collegian

Infobox Newspaper
name = Philippine Collegian
type = Student publication

format =
owners = University of the Philippines
editor = Larissa Mae R. Suarez
foundation = 1922
(1910 as the College Folio; 1917 as Varsity News) | headquarters = flagicon|Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
website = http://www.philippinecollegian.tk
http://kule0809.deviantart.com |

The "Philippine Collegian" is the official student publication of the University of the Philippines, Diliman. It is more commonly known to UP students as "Kulê" (pronounced "coo-leh"). It is known for its radical, often anti-administration views. It often gives critical views on the policies of the UP administration and the Philippine government.

"Mosquito press"

"Mosquito Press" is a term in journalism coined during Martial Law. It is a term used for publications such as the Philippine Collegian, which continued to criticize the martial law government despite the dangers this entailed. These publications were likened to mosquitoes, which are small but have a stinging bite.

Brief History

First known as the College Folio (1910) and Varsity News (1917). [cite book|last=Valenzuela|first=Jesús Z.|title=History of Journalism in the Philippine Islands|publisher=Jesús Z. Valenzuela|date=1933|pages=22|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rJwqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Philippine+Collegian%22&dq=%22Philippine+Collegian%22&lr=&pgis=1|accessdate=2008-05-30] As the College Folio, it was one of the undergraduate journals in the Philippines. [cite book|last=Chee|first=Tam Seong|title=Essays on Literature and Society in Southeast Asia|publisher=National University of Singapore Press|date=1981|pages=148|isbn=9971690365|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h6SOvP6FLskC&pg=PA148&dq=%22Philippine+Collegian%22&lr=&sig=FIDMABBBgcA2wgf0AHdhQVrIMUM#PPA148,M1|accessdate=2008-05-30] The Philippine Collegian was officially established in 1922, with Wenceslao Vinzons as its first editor in chief. Since then, it has become a symbol for academic freedom, critical thinking, and journalistic integrity and excellence. [http://members.tripod.com/~mickeyjagger/philcollegian.html]

During the Japanese Occupation, the Collegian was largely silent, since many of the university's units were shut down. In 1946, the Collegian resumed publishing, maintaining an anti-colonialist perspective. [http://members.tripod.com/~mickeyjagger/war.html]

The 1950s brought to fore issues of academic freedom in the University, heightening the clash of beliefs between the Collegian, the University administration, and the national government. Then editor in chief Homobono Adaza, for example, was expelled for an editorial criticizing the UP administration. [http://members.tripod.com/~mickeyjagger/liberation.html]

Articles on the emergent revolutionary movement gained ground in the 1960s, complementing the rise of the student movement against the dictatorship of then President Ferdinand Marcos. During Martial Law, the Collegian defied the media blackout by going underground. The publication formed the radical press together with the other student publications such as the "Ang Malaya" of the Philippine College of Commerce and "Pandayan" of Ateneo de Manila University and the publications of various communist and socialist-led groups. [cite book|last=Franco|first=Jennifer Conroy|title=Elections and Democratization in the Philippines|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=2001|pages=105|isbn=0815337345|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fAq9kgbKBAUC&pg=PA105&dq=%22Philippine+Collegian%22&lr=&sig=k3BYgYq3q1UyCnjVluNDgGvljnM#PPA105,M1|accessdate=2008-05-30] Several of its editors, including Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Antonio Tagamolila, and Enrique Voltaire Garcia III, were either killed or died prematurely on account of their harassment by the Marcos government. [http://members.tripod.com/~mickeyjagger/martial.html]

Since the ouster of Marcos during the EDSA Revolution, the Collegian has regularly undergone changes in format, withstood controversies regarding the selection of its editors, and remained a critical voice as part of the alternative media. [http://members.tripod.com/~mickeyjagger/edsa.html]

On June 2006, The Philippine Collegian has been unable to publish regular issues because its funding has been withheld by the U.P. Diliman administration. Several students, particularly from the militant organizations, see this as a curtailment of the freedom of the publication to operate without intervention from the U.P. administration. [cite news|url=http://www.bulatlat.com/news/6-35/6-35-kule.htm|title= Campus press under siege: Printing Fund Row Shuts Down Collegian|last=Ubalde|first=Mark Joseph|date=2006-10-8 to 2006-10-14|publisher=Bulatlat|accessdate=2008-05-30] This has led to a long, protracted stand-off between the two groups. It has led, among many things, to rallies, walk-outs, the publication of what is known as the "Rebel Kulê." [cite news|url=http://services.inquirer.net/mobile/06/11/29/html_output/xmlhtml/20061129-35304-xml.html|title=Underground paper out on UP Diliman campus |last=Yap|first=DJ|date=2006-11-29|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|accessdate=2008-05-30]

Notable alumni

* Fernando Maramag, Journalist, Editor in Chief, Presidential Speechwriter, died in NY with President Quezon
* Armando Malay, journalist, teacher, activist. [http://www.tinig.com/v32/v32byni_lvt.html] [http://www.tinig.com/v32/v32byni_contend.html] [http://sambal.upd.edu.ph/malay_trib3.htm]
* Jose Maria Sison, scholar, revolutionary. [http://www.josemariasison.org/]
* Salvador Lopez, Ambassador to the United Nations, UP president from 1969 to 1975
* Franklin Drilon, Senate President. [http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senpres/drilon.asp]
* Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Senator. [http://www.miriam.com.ph/]
* Elmer Ordoñez, writer. [http://www.bulatlat.com/news/3-20/3-20-malayordonez.html]
* Homobono Adaza, lawyer, opposition leader.
* Wenceslao Vinzons, student leader, former governor, revolutionary. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinzons,_Camarines_Norte]
* Ninotchka Rosca, writer. [http://home.comcast.net/~gayle.mayor/Rosca.htm]
* Ma. Lourdes Mangahas, journalist. [http://www.gmanews.tv/blogs/malou-mangahas/] [http://www.peyups.com/dekada90/mangahas.khtml]
* Renato Constantino, historian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Constantino]
* Leonardo Quisumbing, Associate Supreme Court Justice. [http://jbc.supremecourt.gov.ph/profiles/quisumbing_profile.htm]
* Luis Teodoro, journalist, teacher, activist. [http://www.luisteodoro.com/]
* Antonio Tagamolila, revolutionary. [http://www.philippinerevolution.net/cgi-bin/ab/text.pl?issue=20060307;lang=eng;article=07]
* Abraham Sarmiento Jr., student leader. [http://members.tripod.com/~mickeyjagger/martial.html]
* Danilo Araña Arao, journalism professor. [http://www.dannyarao.com]
* Raul J. Palabrica, Philippines Securities and Exchange Commissioner. [http://www.sec.gov.ph/index.htm?AboutSEC_Management]
* Reynato Puno, Supreme Court Chief Justice. [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/profiles/j_puno.htm] [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/news/courtnews%20flash/2006/12/12070601.php]
* Temario Rivera, economist, writer. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temario_Rivera]
* Sheila Coronel, journalist. [http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/1675.cfm]
* Alecks Pabico, journalist. [http://wiki.asiasource.tacticaltech.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AlecksPabico]
* Patrocinio Jude Esguerra, economist.
* Bernard Cobarrubias, lawyer.
* Ibarra Gutierrez III, lawyer, professor.
* Voltaire Veneracion, lawyer.
* Lourdes Gordolan, academic.
* Reynaldo Vea, former dean UP College of Engineering, current President and CEO, Mapua Institute of Technology [http://www.mapua.edu.ph/about/OfficePres_Bio.asp]
* Romeo "Ome" Candazo, former congressman. [http://omecandazo.com/html/bio.html]

References

External links

* [http://kule-0809.deviantart.com Philippine Collegian 2008-2009 on deviantART] - downloadable issues in PDF format
* [http://kule0708.deviantart.com Philippine Collegian 2007-2008 on deviantART] - downloadable issues in PDF format
* [http://kule0607.deviantart.com Philippine Collegian 2006-2007 on deviantART] - downloadable issues in PDF format
* [http://www.upsolidaridad.com Solidaridad UP Alliance of Student Publications and Writers' Organizations]