ATTENTION FRESHMEN!!!

Hazing is not only a serious issue in the Philippines. Overseas, especially in the US, the years of fraternity hazing-related deaths and all ensuing bloody and fatal fraternity conflicts continue to be a cause of alarm.

Here is one of the useful links that could help first year students understand fraternity hazings well before they become lured into a fatal trap:

http://www.hazing.cornell.edu/index.html

Cornell University in the US has provided useful guidelines and warnings about hazing in this link above.

In the Philippines, despite the Anti-Hazing Law, fraternities continue to recruit members to replenish their "army" in their ongoing fratwars that lie dormant for some time only to resurface again. There is therefore a need for a system other than the internet blogs that needs to be formalized to educate the public, especially students, about the relevance and the evils of the fraternity system and how to reform them if it cannot be totally eradicated. This additional source of education could become new subjects or new course of utmost priority in our country's schools.