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Philippine Collegian is the official student publication of the University of the Philippines Diliman. It is more commonly known to UP students as Kulê . 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
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

 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). As the College Folio, it was one of the undergraduate journals in the Philippines. The Philippine Collegian was officially established in 1922. 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
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...

. During Martial Law, the Collegian defied the media blackout
Media blackout
Media blackout refers to the censorship of news related to a certain topic, particularly in mass media, for any reason. A media blackout may be voluntary, or may in some countries be enforced by the government or state. The latter case is controversial in peacetime, as some regard it as a human...

 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, now Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines commonly known as PUP is a public research university in the Philippines. It was founded on October 19, 1904 as the Manila Business School, offering commerce-related courses...

 and Pandayan of Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...

 and the publications of various communist and socialist-led groups. Several of its editors, including Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.
Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.
Abraham P. Sarmiento, Jr., also known as Ditto Sarmiento was a Filipino student journalist who gained prominence as an early and visible critic of the martial law government of President Ferdinand Marcos...

, 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

Past Editors-in-Chief

  • Francisco Capistrano, 1923-1924
  • Emerito M. Ramos, 1930-1931
  • Wenceslao Q. Vinzons, 1931-1932
  • Ambrosio Padilla, 1932-1933
  • Arturo M. Tolentino, 1933-1934
  • Armando de J. Malay, 1934-1935
  • Romeno S. Busuego, 1937-1938
  • Renato Constantino, 1939-1940
  • Angel G. Baking, 1940-1941
  • Delfin R. Garcia, 1941-1942
  • Juan M. Hagad, 1946-1947
  • Mariano V. Ampil, Jr., 1947-1948
  • Leonardo B. Perez, 1948-1949
  • Augusto Caesar Espiritu, 1949-1950
  • Elmer A. Ordonez, 1950-1951
  • Francisco D. Villanueva, 1951-1952
  • Ignacio Debuque, 1952-1953
  • Crispulo J. Icban, Jr., 1953-1954
  • Luis Q. U. Uranza, Jr., 1954-1955
  • Sabino Padilla, Jr., 1955-1956
  • Homobono Adaza, 1956-1957
  • Jose H. Y. Masakayan, 1956-1957
  • Pacifico Agabin (Acting); Caesar Agnir, 1958-1959
  • Leonardo A. Quisumbing, 1961-1962; Luis V. Teodoro, Jr. (Editor)
  • Angelito Imperio, 1962-1963
  • Tristan Catindig, 1963-1964
  • Salvador T. Carlota, 1964-1965
  • Enrique Voltaire Garcia II, Ancheta K. Tan 1965-1966
  • Agustin Que, 1966-1967
  • Miriam Defensor, 1968-1969
  • Victor Manarang, 1969-1970
  • Ernesto M. Valencia, 1971
  • Antonio S. Tagamolila, 1971
  • Reynaldo B. Vea, 1971-1972
  • Eduardo T. Gonzalez
  • Teodoro D. Yabut, Jr.
  • Oscar G. Yabes, 1972-1974
  • Diwa Guinigundo, 1974-1975
  • Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., 1975-1976
  • Cosme Diaz Rosell, 1976-1977
  • Alexander Poblador, 1977-1978
  • Diwata A. Reyes, 1978-1979
  • Ma. Lourdes Mangahas, 1979-1980
  • Roberto Z. Coloma, 1980-1981
  • Roan I. Libarios, 1981-1982
  • Napoleon J. Poblador, 1982-1983
  • Raphael P. Lotilla, 1983-1984
  • Benjamin Pimentel Jr., 1984-1985
  • Noel Pangilinan, 1985-1986
  • Dean Karlo La Vina, 1986-1987
  • Ma. Cristina Godinez, 1987-1988
  • Patrocinio Jude H. Esguerra III, 1988-1989
  • Ruben Carranza, Jr., 1989-1990
  • Francis Ronald Perez, 1990-1991
  • Alexander Pabico, 1991-1992
  • Pablo John Garcia, Jr., 1992-1993
  • Bernard Cobarrubias, 1993-1994
  • Michael John C. Ac-ac, 1994-1995
  • Ibarra M. Gutierrez, 1995-1996
  • Voltaire Veneracion, 1996-1997
  • Lourdes C. Gordolan, 1997-1998
  • Jeanie Rose Bacong, 1998-1999
  • Seymour Barros-Sanchez, 1999-2000
  • Herbert V. Docena, 2000-2001
  • Duke M. Bajenting, 2001-2002
  • Ellaine Rose A. Beronio, 2002-2003
  • Sherwin A. Mapanoo, 2003-2004
  • Jayson DP Fajarda, 2004-2005
  • Juan Paolo E. Colet, 2005-2006
  • Karl Fredrick M. Castro, 2006-2007
  • Jerrie M. Abella, 2007-2008
  • Larissa Mae R. Suarez, 2008-2009
  • Om Narayan A. Velasco, 2009-2010
  • Pauline Gidget R. Estella, 2010-2011
  • Marjohara S. Tucay 2011-Present

Notable alumni


http://www.mapua.edu.ph/about/OfficePres_Bio.asp
  • Romeo "Ome" Candazo, former congressman. http://omecandazo.com/html/bio.html
  • Juan M. Hagad, deputy ombudsman.
  • Diwa C. Guinigundo, Deputy Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

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