University of San Agustin Publications
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The University of San Agustin (USA) Publications (USA Publications, informally known as USA Pub) is the official student press corps of the University of San Agustin in Iloilo City, Philippines. Originally a high school publication of Colegio de San Agustin de Iloilo (former name of USA), it was founded on 1928 with its first recorded publication released in August 1928. It is the oldest Catholic campus publication in Asia outside Manila. The press corps publishes The Augustinian Mirror (magazine), The Augustinian (newspaper), Irong-irong (literary journal), Dingding ni Gusting (community wall newspaper), and other special issues.[1]
Type | Student publication |
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Format | Broadsheet, magazine, book, wall newspaper |
Owner(s) | Students of the University of San Agustin |
Founder(s) | Jose Mijares, Jose Sanchez |
Editor-in-chief | Emy Rose Gallego |
Founded | August 1928 |
Language | English, Filipino |
Headquarters | 2/F Alumni Building, University of San Agustin, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines |
Circulation | 5,000 copies University-wide and selected local and national government and non-government organizations, online version is also available |
Website | USA Publications Official Website |
Today it is one of the most awarded college press corps in the Philippines. It has received its first national distinction when The Augustinian Mirror was adjudged as one of the three best-edited school magazines in the country during the late 1950s.[2]