Tag: hazing

The oxymoron that is the Philippines’ university fraternity community

September 26, 2017 benign0 7 Comments

Suffice to say, everyone recognises that patronage is the single biggest issue that plagues Philippine politics. Nothing moves and nothing gets done unless an initiative is brokered through its movers’ unofficial patronage network. Thus it is quite surprising that a key pillar of the cancer of patronage politics — university fraternities — has enjoyed blanket…

Education, Society

#BenildeProblems and the issue of fatal hazing is a problem CSB and other colleges must address squarely

April 23, 2015April 23, 2015 John Bay 11 Comments

My wife and I are now in the final stretch of our scouting activity for the best college for our son. I recently realized that best way to really get to know the culture of a school is to go past their official websites and instead check out Twitter. By simply going through the motion…

Crime, Education

Brods investigating brods: Upsilon Sigma Phi in hot water over near-fatal hazing incident

July 8, 2014 benign0 15 Comments

Finally after many years of fraternity violence (whether it be in hazing or “rumbles”) claiming many young lives and limbs in the Philippines’ universities and colleges, we may potentially be seeing a big fish hauled to court. The venerable Upsilon Sigma Phi (Upsilon) of the University of the Philippines (UP) is currently in hot water…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Education, Society

The tragedy of fraternity hazing seen through a former ditz’s eyes

November 9, 2012November 22, 2018 Kate Natividad 31 Comments

So I read today that some members of a San Beda College fraternity that goes by the name Lex Leonum Fraternitas were expelled after they were linked by that school’s disciplinary committee to the death of neophyte Marc Andre Marcos allegedly from injuries he sustained while participating in that fraternity’s initiation or “hazing” rights. According…

Culture, Education, Society