What is your opinion of joining a fraternity/sorority?

[deredrum]

Di ba may rule na bawal mag-recruit ng freshmen? Kung pati yung rule na to, gusto na nilang i-bend, you know they're up to no good.

I think, initially, walang ganitong rule talaga na established sa student handbook (or is there any?). Ang bali-balita, gawa-gawa lang ito ng mga FBCs (Freshman Block Coordinators - they're the goody-good guys na nagaasikaso sa mga freshies). Which is quire ironic dahil sa UPM, fraternity ang nag-establish ng FBC.

[eiryck]

And is it true that doing so may be disadvantageous if you do not belong to an upper income bracket?

The answer is a big NO...if you are thinking in a generic manner.

If you are learning a different impression about such groups...I would like to define it for you in terms of membership scope...lol

Though this cant be found in encyclopedias...fraternities/sorrorities are different with brotherhood/sisterhood in UP context. The former does not choose its membership in terms of your income bracket, race and religion...while the latter is confined to your ethnicity...(tagalog/ilocano/cebuano/illongo...etc).

[deredrum]

The answer is a big NO...if you are thinking in a generic manner.

If you are learning a different impression about such groups...I would like to define it for you in terms of membership scope...lol

Though this cant be found in encyclopedias...fraternities/sorrorities are different with brotherhood/sisterhood in UP context. The former does not choose its membership in terms of your income bracket, race and religion...while the latter is confined to your ethnicity...(tagalog/ilocano/cebuano/illongo...etc).

Surface-analysis, yes. But there's just so much doubt that the members of these groups do not actually filter the students they recruit. Scrutiny at its finest muna yan, bago lapitan. Besides, they are always after the welfare of the group.

[eiryck]

people are too soft nowadays. young men fight. it's a law of nature. i'll be surprised if there weren't any frat rumbles at UP. what are we, a university of dorks and pansies?

Hello...just want tobe clarified about your opinion on frat members...What do you mean by too soft?

Cause being a member of one is about having a definitive purpose...to live with the organizational principles...and it is quite a principle for a group to survive and it aint just a soft one...

[TTJ]

gets ko yung point ni cretinous. basta ba walang namamatay,isipin na lang natin na parang mga nasa kanto lang yan sa tabi tabi na nagkakursunadahan at nagsuntukan lang. minsan masarap din manuntok saka masuntok.

[deredrum]

gets ko yung point ni cretinous. basta ba walang namamatay,isipin na lang natin na parang mga nasa kanto lang yan sa tabi tabi na nagkakursunadahan at nagsuntukan lang. minsan masarap din manuntok saka masuntok.

Mga lalaki talaga.

Don't you find it cheap and unnecessary? Lol there I said it.

[TTJ]

believe me,yung nasuntok,di yan galit kasi nasuntok sya. galit sya kasi di sya nakabawi. di rin sila masyadong galit pag may namatay sa kanila kasi alam nila na pwede ring sila ang makapatay.

yun nga lang ang pakinabang ng mayamang frat member sa mga brod nyang freeloaders eh ( brod,peram oto,pautang,tira muna ako sa condo mo) , yung may makatulogn sa kanya pag may kaaway sya.

[deredrum]

believe me,yung nasuntok,di yan galit kasi nasuntok sya. galit sya kasi di sya nakabawi. di rin sila masyadong galit pag may namatay sa kanila kasi alam nila na pwede ring sila ang makapatay.

yun nga lang ang pakinabang ng mayamang frat member sa mga brod nyang freeloaders eh ( brod,peram oto,pautang,tira muna ako sa condo mo) , yung may makatulogn sa kanya pag may kaaway sya.

I guess I will never understand the culture behind these fraternities. Sobrang na-off ako sa lahat ng fraternities (I know, judgemental) since the bar-blast incident along Taft Avenue during the Salubong. From then on, mga barbaric na ang tingin ko sa kanila. Save a few, of course.

[TTJ]

^ barbaric nga yung ganun.ang ok lang sa akin,yung suntukan lang.tipong nagmukhang Allan K ang isang kamukha ni Diet.

[deredrum]

And while we're at fraternities and you mentioned Allan K, may mga homosexuals kaya sa mga fraternities / sororities? Kumusta naman ang struggle ng mga 'yon? Lol, curious.

[TTJ]

Upsilon nga,sinasabi frat ng mga bading eh.As in allegedly,lahat sila.

[Kolmogorov]

The remaining UP frats worth joining are those from UPCM.

[eiryck]

Surface-analysis, yes. But there's just so much doubt that the members of these groups do not actually filter the students they recruit. Scrutiny at its finest muna yan, bago lapitan. Besides, they are always after the welfare of the group.

As with the recruitment process...that would really depend on the mindsets of those running the fraternity vis a vis the recruitment rules...lol. Ideally, it should be quality rather than quantity. Well, reality check - it's more on the subjective aspect rather than the objective. "pare pogi yan...ok ah...sige...may car pa...ok...taga UP naman ah"

[deredrum]

Upsilon nga,sinasabi frat ng mga bading eh.As in allegedly,lahat sila.

My god, ang dami ko pa namang crush sa Upsilon sa Maynila. Kidding.

[curiouser]

Upsilon nga,sinasabi frat ng mga bading eh.As in allegedly,lahat sila.

Hala ka! Powerful yang frat na pinangalanan mo!

Pero I have it on very good authority that...

never mind. Mahal ko pa ang aking buhay at kalayaan.

[TTJ]

ewan ko nga eh,mula undergrad ko,yan naririnig ko. baka naman sinasabi lang ng kalabang frat.

[deredrum]

Hala ka! Powerful yang frat na pinangalanan mo!

Pero I have it on very good authority that...

never mind. Mahal ko pa ang aking buhay at kalayaan.

Spill! Interesting 'to.

[curiouser]

Let's just say that I once dated a fratman. Kung ano ang mga sinabi niya, for private consumption na lang.

Nung sinabi niya yung mga yun, napaisip ako kung ano ang na-miss out ko by not joining that frat.

Pero marami ngang cute dun sa kanila. At di naman daw by conscious design kung bakit ganun ang recruits nila. Or in denial lang sila.

[deredrum]

Let's just say that I once dated a fratman. Kung ano ang mga sinabi niya, for private consumption na lang.

Nung sinabi niya yung mga yun, napaisip ako kung ano ang na-miss out ko by not joining that frat.

Pero marami ngang cute dun sa kanila. At di naman daw by conscious design kung bakit ganun ang recruits nila. Or in denial lang sila.

Confirmed.

[boogie028]

sa mga frats po b sa UP med tulad ng mu sigma phi eh pinapalo din *** mging brother or less violence or no violence at all?