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''The Varsitarian'' (Varsi, The V, or V) is the official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas (UST). Founded in January 1928 by a group of students led by Jose Villa Panganiban, it is one of first student newspapers in the Philippines. It is published fortnightly. The lampoon issue is called ''The Vuisitarian''. Tomas U. Santos, the mascot of ''the Varsitarian'', is a Thomasian who represents the students of the campus. He is usually seen accompanied by a talking, and quite cynical, T-square. Aside from publishing the school paper, the Varsitarian holds the Inkblots national campus journalism fellowship, hosts the Cinevita Film Festival, and organizes the Pautakan, the longest-running campus-based quiz contest in the Philippines. It also organizes Ustetika, the country's longest-running university-based literary competition, and the Creative Writing Workshop, which celebrated its 10th year in 2014. The Varsitarian also publishes other editorial supplements such as Montage, Tomasino, Breaktime, Amihan, and Botomasino. ==History== The first issue of ''the Varsitarian'' came off the press on January 16, 1928, with Pablo Anido as the first editor in chief. However, the title of the "father of ''the Varsitarian''" is given to Jose Villa Panganiban, who managed the day-to-day operations of the school paper. The other founders included Elizabeth C. Bowers and Olimpia Baltazar, a granddaughter of poet Francisco Baltazar. The paper cost 10 centavos, and was bought by 426 people out of a possible 2,000 students. ''The Varsitarian'' co-founded the College Editors Guild of the Philippines on July 25, 1931 along with ''The GUIDON'' of the Ateneo de Manila, ''The Philippine Collegian'' of the University of the Philippines Diliman and ''The National'' of National University (Philippines). Previously limited on publishing articles on university issues, ''the Varsitarian'' started reporting on national issues as well during the 1960s and 1970s.〔 Through the years, the pages of "the Varsitarian" would be graced by the likes of: Teodoro Valencia, Joe Guevarra, Felix Bautista, Jose Bautista, Joe Burgos, Antonio Siddayao, Jess Sison, Jullie Yap-Daza, Antonio Lopez, Rina Jimenez-David, Neal Cruz, A. O. Flores, Jake Macasaet, Fred Marquez, Mario Hernando, Alfredo Saulo, Alice Colet Villadolid, and Eugenia Duran-Apostol. The titans of Philippine literature learned writing in "the Varsitarian": Bienvenido Lumbera, F. Sionil José, Celso Al Carunungan, Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta, Paz Latorena, Cirilo Bautista, Federico Licsi Espino, Wilfrido Nolledo, Rogelio Sicat, Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, Norma Miraflor, Eric Gamalinda and Vim Nadera. In March 2001, a ''Varsitarian'' article with information obtained from whistleblower Mark Welson Chua was published, detailing alleged corruption in the university's ROTC corps. While this led to the sacking of the commandant and his staff, Chua started receiving death threats. Chua's corpse was later found in the Pasig River, with the autopsy showing that he was still alive when he was dumped into the murky waters. This led Congress to legislate that all ROTC courses be made optional. The Cultural Center of the Philippines' Encyclopedia for the Arts has an entry for the Varsitarian, the only school paper in the country to be listed. Amid the national debate on the merits of the Reproductive Health bill, ''the Varsitarian'' published in September 2012 an editorial condemning the proposed law, and calling the professors from Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University who were in favor of the measure as " intellectual pretenders and interlopers." The editorial went viral and elicited various reactions among social media users. With feedback and reactions to the article turning out to be mostly negative, the paper's adviser issued an apology but added that such words were needed to deliver the message with emphasis. The university disowned the portion of the editorial that called the pro-RH bill professors "intellectual pretenders and interlopers," saying that while it supports the paper's opposition to the bill, that portion of the editorial "does not bear the university's imprimatur," as the paper is accorded editorial independence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Varsitarian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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