In the Name of the Brother

Posted by Frances on September 2, 2007 · Leave a Comment

To die for the “ideals of service to the university, the country and the people.”

Principles behind the brotherhood, according to Bikoy, are what generations of fraternities have long stood for. Cris Mendez, who was as full of promise as any iskolar ng bayan, died for the ideals of a fraternity. Doesn’t it sound heroic to die for these ideals?

No, not when you die in the hands of a brother, and with the silence of the rest of witnesses, in the hands of the brothers.

We can think of initiation-related deaths as a miscarriage. A new brother is on the way but an accident happens. Sadly, it’s not just a simple accident. Without the intention of murder, educated men placed the unborn brother under highly dangerous circumstances that lead to death. It’s not just a miscarriage but manslaughter.

If Cris had lived, a fellow fraternity member would look him in the eye and call him with pride, “brod.”

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