6.
Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box below.
hysterical
unobtrusively
rehabilitate
commotion
guile
sauntered
prisoners so that they can
(a) Some prisons make the effort to
live honest lives.
(b) The fox used its
to sneak into the enclosure of the sheep.
(c) The students
late into the class without a hint of apology.
(d) The movie we were watching together left us almost
laughter.
with
outside my room forced me to come out and see what
(e) The
was going on.
(f) The principal entered the class
to observe the class.
Answers
Answer:
linked to UP hazing case
Published October 14, 2016 1:07am
The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed its decision allowing the University of the Philippines (UP) to continue the
administrative proceedings against students suspected to have been involved in the fatal hazing of Cris Anthony
Mendez in 2007. Penned by Associate Justice Zenaida Galapate-Laguilles, the CA 10th Division stood pat on its
October 6, 2015 decision reversing the ruling of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court that nullified the proceedings of
the UP Student Disciplinary Tribunal (UP SDT). The petitioners include Ariel Paolo Ante, Marcelino Veloso III, Keefee
de la Cruz, and Amand Lorenze Sapital, who are part of the 13 members of the Sigma Rho Fralemity accused of
participating in the violent initiation rites that took the life of Mendez, a senior public administration student. In their
appeal, the petitioners reiterated that Section 1, Rule II, of the Rules Governing Fraternities relating to the filing of
charges is similar to existing rules on preliminary investigation in criminal cases. They said deviating from the
provision is a violation of due process.
The petitioners also criticized the preliminary inquiries since it was allegedly conducted by the University Prosecutor
instead of a member of the UP-SDT as stated in the Rules Governing Fraternities. The CA said the case was
administrative in nature, thus "it is not subject to the rigorous requirements of criminal due process." "The preliminary
inquiry and the formal charges herein are but components of the investigative and disciplinary action an academic
university is mandated to take against its students suspected of being engaged in hazing activities," the appellate
court said. "What is at stake here is not the petitioners-appellees' liberty from criminal incarceration, but their
continued admission to an institution of higher leaming, which is discretionary upon a school, the same being a
privilege on the part of the student rather than a right," it added. Investigators said Mendez was seen in a compound
at Bonifacio Village, Quezon City along with other young men before he was brought to the Veteran's Memorial
Medical Center on August 27, 2007. Mendez, 20, was pronounced dead on arrival by doctors noting several
hematomas on his wrists, thighs and feet. His death sparked calls for justice and condemnation from various groups
including the UP Diliman administration on the use of violence as a prerequisite for admission into any organization,
BAP, GMA News
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Think About This!
1. What is the article about?
2. Can one justify that the "culture of fraternities deserves respect? What are the advantages
and disadvantages of this claim?
3. What are the ill effects of hazing?
4. ABC Fraternity is the most prestigious fraternity in your school. Its members are high ranking
government officials and rich business owners. Your teacher recruits you on the promise that
you will be spared from hazing. Would you join the fraternity
Explanation:
Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box below.
hysterical
unobtrusively
rehabilitate
commotion
guile
sauntered
prisoners so that they can
(a) Some prisons make the effort to
live honest lives.
(b) The fox used its
to sneak into the enclosure of the sheep.
(c) The students
late into the class without a hint of apology.
(d) The movie we were watching together left us almost
laughter.
with
outside my room forced me to come out and see what
(e) The
was going on.
(f) The principal entered the class
to observe the class