A Real Contemporary Problem: Fraternity Deaths and Violence

Imagine a picture of an ideal university, Lush viridity surroundings, modernized facilities, eccentric and highly recognized professors stuttering about, c arefully selected students with their own lineament to boast, chatting freely in the grounds and the basic motto of Honor and excellence hanging in the air.This irrefutable university exists as the very epitome of donnish excellence. Future leaders of the society gather around this acropolis. This is where bright assure young minds clash and mesh to form a boulder that bequeath serve as the structural foundation of the country within the abutting years to come.However, beneath this beautiful facade lies a different picture. supportful the curtains of lies and deception is a whole different story unveiled. Behind these walls whispers a cry of injustice and a desperate plea for the destruction of a system that had long been bound by wealth and power.On the 27 of wondrous on the same year, three cars dropped off a badly cru sh body of a boy to the hospital. His name was Chris Mendez, a student in his last year of college about to graduate with a degree of macrocosm Administration and Governance. Minutes later, he was pronounced dead, hopes for a better aliveness for his family died along with him.University of the Philippines offers the best facilities for educational attainment in the country. With the country nonrecreational most of the needed expenses through subsidies, students who accumulate their knowledge there are called Scholars of the Nation.The University is famous for the outstanding graduates they produce. This is where the phrase freedom of speech comes from. Students in the UP are known for their rallies against social injustices and corruption existing in the government. in that respect is also one other thing that they are known for.University of the Philippines hosts a lot of Student Organizations. From academics, sports, common interests, they have it all, and that includes frate rnities and sororities (Arrowsmith, 2004). All student organizations has a form of Rights of Acceptance, it will be forever imbued in the social and semipolitical culture of the school. Most of these initiation rights include hazing.The 20 year one-time(a) Chris Mendez, was not the only who became the victim of hazing and other frat-related deaths and violence. Hazing, as part of the universitys tradition in acceptance had victims who suffered physically and mentally.RA 8049, also known as the Anti-Hazing states the definition of hazing as a practice in a requirement for acceptance and placing the applicant in a mortifying situation much(prenominal) as coercing him to do menial, foolish and other similar tasks or activities.Yet it does not take effect until, the neophyte suffers from bruises, injuries or even worse, death. As a proof, not one of the student organizations has or had been arrested for merely shouting at an applicant in front of many people or cast hurtful words t hat demeans the student as a person.Worse, even the establishment itself is practicing these traditional rights of acceptance. AR Santiago, the son of former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago committed suicide afterward being turned down in his application study in the UP College of Law.The panel was reported to use cruel ways in interviewing applicants, even asking in an underhanded way of how he can cope with an insane lady for a mother (Arrowsmith, 2004).Such injustice had been occurrent and would not have been noticed if a senators son hadnt died. Up to now the law of the jungle where the strong crushes the weak occurs. It is instilled in the values of the University s organizations and even in some of the administration that these antediluvial ways are the solution for the students to be prepared for the real origination ahead, that indeed connections and power and wealth for position does exist.The Band of BrothersThe word frat is defined (Encarta, 2007) as an organization formed to enhance the social, academic, professional or personal interests of members. Its word comes from the Latin word frater meaning brother.