UP student kills self over hazingBy GLEE JALEAhome/News/Headlines/UP student kills self over hazingA student of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City committed suicide days after the alleged hazing activities of the Sigma Rho Fraternity was exposed. A spot report from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) showed that a 22-year-old Sigma Rho student took his own life in his home in Marikina City on Saturday afternoon. “[The other Sigma Rho members] are the only ones who have access to that particular thread. This is not the first time that the UP Sigma Rho was called out for being involved in a violent hazing activity. The first reported hazing death in the country was of Upsilon’s neophyte member Gonzalo Albert in 1954.

Source: Manila Times September 29, 2019 16:18 UTC