Upsilon Sigma Phi

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The Upsilon Sigma Phi was founded in 1918 by twelve students and two professors from the University of the Philippines Manila.

It was formally organized on November 19, 1920, in a meeting held at the Metropolitan Restaurant in Intramuros, Manila where the fraternity elected its first officers (among which include Agapito del Rosario, one of the founders of the Socialist Party of the Philippines and later on Mayor of Angeles, Pampanga).{{cite web|title=Upsilon Sigma Phi - History|url=http://upsilon.com/history/|access-date=June 20, 2020|website=Upsilon Sigma Phi|date=October 24, 2017 |language=en-US}}{{cite web|last=Sangil|first=Max|date=August 26, 2015|title=Sangil: Pampanga's Political Stars of Yesteryears (Part 2)|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/27807/Lifestyle/Sangil-Pampangas-Political-Stars-of-Yesteryears-(Part-2)|access-date=June 20, 2020|website=Sunstar|language=en}}{{cite web|date=August 13, 2017|title=Barangay Agapito Del Rosario {{!}} Angeles City Guide|url=https://angelescityguide.com/agapito-del-rosario/|access-date=September 8, 2021|website=Angeles City Guide {{!}} An Online Business Listings And Tour Guide}} Four months later, on March 24, 1921, the Greek letters ΥΣΦ were formally adopted, along with themes, rites, and motto.

During its early years, Upsilon Sigma Phi invited individuals with exceptional leadership potential or achievements to its ranks. Notable members during the 1920s include José Abad Santos (Chief Justice and Acting President of the Philippines), Carmelino G. Alvendia (Senior Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals), Vicente J. Caedo (Governor of Batangas), Teodoro M. Kalaw (Father of the Philippine Library System), Juan R. Liwag (Senator and Justice Secretary), Pio Pedrosa (Finance and Budget Secretary), and Antonio Quirino (Father of Philippine Television). From 1930 to 1949, members, including UP Student Council President Wenceslao Vinzons, spearheaded protests against legislative salary increases, demonstrating the fraternity's social and political advocacy engagement. Following the Battle of Manila, the fraternity played a vital role in the university's post-war reconstruction efforts. Upsilonian Hermenegildo Reyes led fundraising for the Carillon Bell Tower, a prominent symbol on the Diliman campus. During this period, the fraternity also established a chapter in UP Los Baños, the first Greek-letter organization on the campus. It was also in this decade, in 1933, that five young women from UP established an organization devoted to excellence in dramatics and fine arts—the Sigma Delta Phi—which became the sister sorority of Upsilon.

However, during World War II, there were no classes in University of the Philippines except in the College of Medicine, leading to most recruitments during the 1940s to be in the field of medicine, such as Victor Potenciano (Founder of Polytechnic University of the Philippines Hospital). The decade also gave way to a virtual unknown in the political landscape at the time, Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. who would write his name into Philippine history next to Ferdinand Marcos along with other well-known Upsilonians such as Arturo Tolentino and Gerardo Roxas Sr. In addition to civic contributions, Upsilon became known for cultural initiatives such as the Cavalcades, a series of stage plays and musicals that toured nationwide. Proceeds from productions like Aloyan and Hanako were used to help build the Church of the Holy Sacrifice at UP Diliman. These artistic endeavors also launched careers, with one production, Linda, featuring a young Pilita Corrales, who later became a celebrated performer. Such initiatives highlighted Upsilon's commitment to the arts and community development.

From 1930 to 1949, then UP Student Council President Wenceslao Vinzons, together with fraternity members, led demonstrations before the Philippine Congress to protest the insertion of a provision in the appropriations act that gave lawmakers a salary increase.{{cite web|last=Dooc|first=Emmanuel|date=September 27, 2019|title='Wenceslao Q. Vinzons: The Hero the Nation Forgot' {{!}} Emmanuel Dooc|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/09/27/wenceslao-q-vinzons-the-hero-the-nation-forgot/|access-date=June 20, 2020|website=BusinessMirror|language=en-US}}

In 1947, a chapter in UP Los Baños was established; the first Greek-letter organization in the campus. After the Battle of Manila, the UP administration relocated to the Diliman campus in 1949. Through the efforts of the [https://alum.up.edu.ph/ UP Alumni Association] headed by Upsilonian Hermenegildo Reyes, the fraternity helped raise funds for the construction of the bell tower called the "Carillon".

During the same period, the fraternity hosted the Cavalcades, a series of stage plays and musicals that began on campus and eventually toured nationwide.{{cite web|last=Torrevillas|first=Domini M.|title=Dick Zamora and his music|url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2006/01/19/317388/dick-zamora-and-his-music|access-date=June 21, 2020|website=philstar.com}} Profits from Aloyan (the first full-length English play written by a Filipino) and Hanako plays were used to help finance the construction and furnishing of the Church of the Holy Sacrifice. One of the fraternity's productions, Linda, cast the then seventeen-year-old Pilita Corrales.

In 2013, the fraternity was named as a finalist in the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards, which recognize and support the outstanding contributions of youth organizations to the country.{{cite web |date=February 7, 2014 |title=Ten accomplished youth organizations named |url=https://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2014/0207_aquino1.asp |access-date=January 26, 2025 |website=Senate of the Philippines 19th Congress}}{{cite web|last=Lozada|first=David|title=#TAYO11: Building the nation one youth organization at a time|url=http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/education/49710-tayo11-finalists-judging|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=Rappler|date=February 5, 2014 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations Awards Foundation, Inc. |url=https://www.tayoawards.net/category/news/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804213908/http://www.tayoawards.net/category/news |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 4, 2018 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |website=Tayo Awards}}

On July 25, 2018, the Malacañang Palace issued [https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2018/07/25/proclamation-no-539-s-2018/ Proclamation Order No. 539] recognizing the fraternity for its "significant contributions to numerous civic and humanitarian causes, as well as the dedication and commitment of its members to public service and nation-building." The year 2018 was also declared the "Year for the Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Upsilon Sigma Phi."[https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2018/07jul/20180725-PROC-539-RRD.pdf Proclamation No. 539 - Declaring the year 2018 as the "year for the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Upsilon Sigma Phi"]

In the same year, the fraternity dedicated the UP Promenade, a 120-meter public walkway with Internet and Wi-Fi capable facilities, at UP Diliman.{{cite web|last=Secretariat|first=Upsilon|date=February 27, 2019|title=100 Novembers: The U.P. Promenade Inauguration Night|url=http://upsilon.com/100-novembers-u-p-promenade-inauguration-night/|access-date=July 5, 2020|website=Upsilon Sigma Phi|language=en-US}}{{cite web|date=March 7, 2020|title=Within the Academic Oval (fourth of the UP Diliman series)|url=https://www.theurbanroamer.com/up-diliman-academic-oval/|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=The Urban Roamer|language=en-US}}{{cite web|last=Avecilla|first=Victor|date=November 17, 2018|title=The Upsilon Promenade in Diliman|url=https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2018/11/18/the-upsilon-promenade-in-diliman/|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=Daily Tribune|language=en-US}} In the Los Baños campus, the fraternity gave the Kapit-Kapit Monument, which depicts 14 individuals with their arms locked in solidarity.{{cite web|last=Bermudez|first=Jamie|date=September 30, 2018|title=The U.P. Promenade and the Kapit-Kapit Monument Rises|url=http://upsilon.com/u-p-promenade-kapit-kapit-monument-rises/|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=Upsilon Sigma Phi|language=en-US}}

In 2022, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines unveiled the "Upsilon Sigma Phi" historical marker on the Diliman campus for the fraternity's 104th anniversary,{{Cite web |last=Dabu |first=Fred |date=2022-12-01 |title=NHCP turns over Upsilon marker to UP |url=https://up.edu.ph/nhcp-turns-over-upsilon-marker-to-up/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=University of the Philippines |language=en-US}}

The Greek letters ΥΣΦ are the initials of the name "University Students Fraternity". The fraternity's motto is "We Gather Light to Scatter".{{Cite web |last=Paña |first=Edwin |date=October 24, 2024 |title=Commentary: We Gather Light to Scatter - An Interpretation of the Upsilon Sigma Phi Motto |url=https://www.upsilonsun.com/opinion/commentary-we-gather-light-to-scatter-an-interpretation-of-the-upsilon-sigma-phi-motto |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Upsilon Sun |language=en}} Upsilon Sigma Phi members are called fellows or Upsilonians.{{cite web |date=November 24, 2018 |title=At 104, the oldest living Upsilonian talks about a life fulfilled |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/314997/at-104-the-oldest-living-upsilonian-talks-about-a-life-fulfilled/ |access-date=July 6, 2020 |website=Inquirer Lifestyle |language=en-US}}{{cite web |date=November 25, 2018 |title=Upsilon's progressive legacy (or why Upsilon should not be associated with Marcos) |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/upsilons-progressive-legacy-or-why-upsilon-should-not-be-associated-with-marcos/ |access-date=July 6, 2020 |website=BusinessWorld |language=en-US}}{{cite web |date=August 7, 2018 |title=Art exhibit celebrates Upsilon Sigma Phi centennial |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/cbb/content/663270/art-exhibit-celebrates-upsilon-sigma-phi-centennial/story/ |access-date=July 6, 2020 |website=GMA News Online |language=en-US}}

The fraternity's colors are cardinal red, honorable blue, and gold.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-24 |title=Upsilon Sigma Phi - Traditions |url=http://talentium.ph/upsilon/traditions/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Upsilon Sigma Phi |language=en-US}} Red symbolizes courage and bravery, blue represents loyalty, and gold symbolizes excellence. Its flower is the pink rose.

Membership is by invitation only and is exclusive to male individuals in the University of the Philippines Diliman, Manila, and Los Baños campuses. Selection is based on an individual's leadership positions and potential success and prominence in their respective fields (both on- and off-campus).

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Among its alumni are two Philippine presidents, a vice president, 15 senators, 14 supreme court justices (including three chief justices), three house speakers, a chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,{{cite web |last=Photo |first=U. N. |date=March 22, 1965 |title=Twenty-First Session of the Commission on Human Rights |url=https://www.unmultimedia.org/s/photo/detail/112/0112841.html |access-date=September 10, 2021 |website=www.unmultimedia.org |language=en}} three executive secretaries, four solicitors-general, 26 ambassadors, an AFP chief of staff, a NEDA director-general, a Central Bank governor, 24 honorees of The Outstanding Young Men, four national scientists, three national artists, a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, and five UP presidents.[http://albertdomingo.com/the-upsilon-on-your-coffee-table/ Ninety Years of Upsilon Sigma Phi]{{cite web |last=Silvestre |first=Jojo |date=November 19, 2018 |title=A legacy in nation-building |url=https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2018/11/19/a-legacy-in-nation-building/ |website=Daily Tribune}}{{cite web |last=Matoto |first=Bing |date=October 24, 2018 |title=The gathered lights of the Upsilon Sigma Phi |url=https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2018/10/24/the-gathered-lights-of-upsilon-sigma-phi/ |website=Daily Tribune}}

Following are a select number of notable members:

• Gémino Abad – Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Literature, literary critic, and poet
• Jorge Araneta – chairman of Araneta Group of Companies and director of 7-Eleven Philippines
• Danilo Concepcion – President of the University of the Philippines and representative of the Interim Batasang Pambansa
• Onofre Corpuz – Secretary of Education (Philippines) and President of the University of the Philippines
• Teodoro Kalaw – Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, father of the Philippine Library System, and member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Doy Laurel – Vice President of the Philippines, Prime Minister of the Philippines, and founder of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization{{cite web |last=Avecilla |first=Victor |date=November 15, 2016 |title=Remembering Salvador 'Doy' Laurel |url=http://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/hail-to-the-chair-by-victor-avecilla/221458/remembering-salvador-doy-laurel.html |access-date=April 6, 2019 |website=Manila Standard}}{{cite web |date=March 23, 2014 |title=Remembering Doy Laurel |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/allure/2014/03/23/1303935/remembering-doy-laurel |website=The Philippine STAR}}
• José P. Laurel – President of the Philippines, member of the Senate of the Philippines, and justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cXsMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Jos%C3%A9+P.+Laurel%22+upsilon |title=The Fookien Times Philippines Yearbook |date=1986 |publisher=The Fookien Times |isbn=9789710503506 |page=226 |language=en}}
• Salvador P. Lopez – Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Philippines), President of the University of the Philippines, and chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
• Tony Mabesa – National Artist of the Philippines for Theater, actor, and director
• Ferdinand Marcos – President of the Philippines, Prime Minister of the Philippines, and president of Senate of the Philippines{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xgkAAAAMAAJ&q=Ferdinand+E.+Marcos+upsilon|title=Fraternities, Sororities, Societies: Secrets Revealed|last=Elefan|first=Ruben S.|date=January 1, 1997|publisher=St. Pauls|isbn=9789715048477|page=21|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkUbAAAAIAAJ&q=upsilon|title=For Every Tear a Victory: The Story of Ferdinand E. Marcos|last=Spence|first=Hartzell|date=1964|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=33|language=en}}{{Cite news|title=FALSE: Marcoses were not convicted of any charges|url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/marcoses-not-convicted-any-charges|last=Torrevillas|first=Domini M.|work=philstar.com|access-date=September 2, 2017}}
• Querube Makalintal – chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, and Solicitor General of the Philippines
• Alfredo Pascual – Secretary of Trade and Industry (Philippines) and President of the University of the Philippines
• Gil Puyat – president of the Senate of the Philippines and founder of the Manila Banking Corporation (now China Bank Savings){{cite web|title=List of Knights in Orders|url=http://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/b2a1c22e-f7c2-4837-9b31-3533aa9cffcc/downloads/1bmgfpi5e_189655.pdf}}
• Antonio Quirino – founder of the first television station in the Philippines, Alto Broadcasting System
• Boying Remulla – Secretary of Justice (Philippines) and member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Martin Romualdez – speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and the national president of Lakas–CMD
• José Abad Santos – acting President of the Philippines, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and Secretary of Justice (Philippines){{cite web|last=Torrevillas|first=Domini|date=February 4, 2014|title='Arangkada 2014' sa Manila|website=The Philippine STAR |url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2014/02/04/1286428/arangkada-2014-sa-manila}}
• Kidlat Tahimik – National Artist of the Philippines for Film
• Juan Bautista H. Alegre – jazz guitarist and composer who leads Johnny Alegre Affinity{{cite web |date=September 4, 2024 |title=The Alchemy of Sound: Johnny Alegre's Journey Through Jazz and Beyond |url=https://kwebanibarok.com/2024/09/04/the-alchemy-of-sound-johnny-alegres-journey-through-jazz-and-beyond/ |website=KWEBA ni BAROK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906150644/https://kwebanibarok.com/2024/09/04/the-alchemy-of-sound-johnny-alegres-journey-through-jazz-and-beyond/ |archive-date=2024-09-06}}

On July 18, 1954, a UP student recruit, Gonzalo Mariano M. Albert, died in the wake of the fraternity's initiation proceedings. After experiencing abdominal pain, the student was rushed to a hospital where he was diagnosed to undergo emergency appendectomy but succumbed on the operating table.{{Cite journal |last1=Zarco |first1=Ricardo M. |last2=Shoemaker |first2=Donald J. |date=2012 |title=Report on Student Organization Conflicts, University of the Philippines, Diliman, 1938-2000 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43486340 |journal=Philippine Sociological Review |volume=60 |pages=28 |issn=0031-7810 |jstor=43486340}} Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay assigned an ad hoc medico-legal committee, that failed to indicate that hazing "contributed to Albert's death" in their findings; albeit which jeopardized his physical condition before the patient's appendectomy.{{Cite book |last1=Castro |first1=Fred Ruiz |title=Report on the Albert case, the fraternities and sororities, and their control and supervision by authorities of the University of the Philippines submitted by the Committee of the President of the Philippines composed of Fred Ruiz Castro, Arturo Garcia, and Vicente Lontok. |last2=Garcia |first2=Arturo |last3=Lontok |first3=Vicente |year=1954 |location=Manila}}{{Cite web |last=Abinales |first=Patricio |date=July 12, 2015 |title=A hazing |url=https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/99091-up-1954-albert-hazing-case-castro-committee-report/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=Rappler |language=en-US}} The committee further recommended the expulsion of four officers of the fraternity, implicated residents and neophytes being suspended, and a censure of several UP deans, directors, and faculty members for their collective remiss to discharge proactive duties. Albert's death was the first recorded fatality attributed to hazing in the Philippines, and the only known demise of an Upsilon Sigma Phi neophyte.{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2017 |title=Deaths Caused by Hazing |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/infographic/09/27/17/deaths-caused-by-hazing |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs}}{{Cite web |title=An Act Declaring February 10 of Every Year as the 'National Anti-Hazing Day' in Commemoration of all the Victims of Hazing in the Philippines |url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3164528491!.pdf |website=Senate of the Philippines}}

On July 4, 2014, the fraternity was once again implicated in the hazing of a seventeen-year-old neophyte who sustained physical injuries during fraternity initiation.{{Cite web |title=UP Diliman chancellor: Upsilon Sigma Phi tagged in hazing incident |url=https://www.philstar.com/other-sections/campus/2014/07/04/1342597/diliman-chancellor-upsilon-sigma-phi-tagged-hazing-incident |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=Philstar.com}}{{Cite web |last=Sauler |first=Erika |date=July 5, 2014 |title=Family of UP hazing victim to take frat to court |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/617186/family-of-up-hazing-victim-to-take-frat-to-court |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}

On September 20, 1969, an fraternity members was fatally pummeled by members of the rival Beta Sigma fraternity.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=September 5, 2007 |title=Casualties of frat-related violence in UP |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/content/59204/casualties-of-frat-related-violence-in-up/story/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2012 |title=Choice needs lots of thinking |url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/34864/choice-needs-lots-of-thinking |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}} It was the first publicly documented fatality of a fraternity "rumble" (brawl) in the University of the Philippines, that prompted UP president Salvador P. Lopez to issue stringent regulations effecting university organizations, and suspended both the Upsilon Sigma Phi and Beta Sigma fraternities.{{Cite web |date=June 27, 2015 |title=UP's gangland wars: A historical note |url=https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/97510-up-gangland-wars-historical-note/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}

On June 18, 2015, Quezon City police arrested five Upsilonians after allegedly mauling three rival fraternity members and leading police in a brief car chase while fleeing.{{Cite web |last=Sauler |first=Erika |date=June 20, 2015 |title=Frat violence on UP Day: 3 mauled, 5 arrested |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/699690/frat-violence-on-up-day-3-mauled-5-arrested |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Alvarez |first=Kathrina Charmaine |date=June 22, 2015 |title=UP suspends students involved in frat violence |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/508278/up-suspends-students-involved-in-frat-violence/story/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}} The five felons were released on June 24, 2015, upon posting bail of {{Currency|200000|PHP}} each on frustrated homicide charges, and {{Currency|80000|PHP}} each for illegal possession of ammunition.{{Cite web |last=Gamil |first=Jaymee T. |date=June 25, 2015 |title=Frat men take selfies upon posting bail |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/700616/frat-men-take-selfies-upon-posting-bail |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}

On November 14, 2018, rival frats Upsilon Sigma Phi and Alpha Phi Beta were recorded on campus CCTV in a brawl.{{Cite web |last=Rocamora |first=Joyce Ann |date=November 15, 2018 |title=UP denounces violence involving two warring frats |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1054043 |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=www.pna.gov.ph |language=en}} The incident prompted campus authorities to tighten security within the UP system and a statement of condemnation from Diliman chancellor Tan and UP president Concepcion.{{Cite web |last=Montemayor |first=Ma. Teresa |date=November 23, 2018 |title=UP security tightened amid frat-related brouhahas |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1054750 |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=www.pna.gov.ph |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tomacruz |first=Sofia |date=November 14, 2018 |title=U.P. says car chase, not shooting, occurred in Diliman campus |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/216704-up-diliman-says-car-chase-occured-not-shooting-november-14-2018/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=Rappler |language=en-US}} The same month, a Facebook Messenger chat by alleged Upsilon members was penetrated by a rival frat{{Cite web |last=Guno |first=Niña V. |date=November 23, 2018 |title=#LonsiLeaks: UP frat linked to group chat of sexist, racist, anti-poor slurs |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1056522/lonsileaks-up-frat-linked-to-group-chat-of-sexist-racist-anti-poor-slurs |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Meddler |first=Bette |date=November 22, 2018 |title=Updated: The Upsilon Sigma Phi Leaked Group Chat Controversy: A Short History |url=https://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/the-latest-news-features/75789/upsilon-leaked-group-chats-a1938-20181122-lfrm |access-date=February 8, 2023 |work=spot |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Patag |first=Kristine Joy |title=People insulted in the controversial #LonsiLeaks speak out |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/on-the-radar/2018/11/23/1871069/people-insulted-controversial-lonsileaks-speak-out |access-date=February 8, 2023 |website=Philstar.com}}{{Cite news |date=November 23, 2018 |title=UP frat in hot water over discriminatory, misogynistic conversations |work=ABS-CBN News |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/23/18/up-frat-in-hot-water-over-discriminatory-misogynistic-conversations}} to reveal misogynous banter censured by UP President Danilo Concepcion, himself an Upsilonian, as "reprehensible and totally unacceptable" language by its fellows.{{Cite web |last=Concepcion |first=Danilo L. |date=November 23, 2018 |title=A Statement by the President on Recent Issues Involving Fraternities |url=https://up.edu.ph/a-statement-by-the-president-on-recent-issues-involving-fraternities/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=University of the Philippines |language=en-US}}

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