# Sigma Rho

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{{short description|Fraternity in the University of the Philippines Diliman}}
{{Infobox Fraternity
| name = Sigma Rho
| letters = {{lang|grc|ΣΡ}}
| crest = Sigma_Rho_Fraternity_seal.png
| image_size = 200px
| alt = Sigma Rho seal
| motto = "Seekers of the Right"
| founded = {{start date and age|1938}}
| birthplace = [University of the Philippines College of Law](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Law)
| affiliation = Independent
| status = Active
| type = Professional-PH
| scope = Local
| colors = {{color box|#881D17}} [Maroon](/source/Maroon), {{color box|#002F10}} [Green](/source/Shades_of_green),<br />{{color box|#FFFFFF}} [White](/source/White), and {{color box|#D4AF37}} [Gold](/source/Gold_(color))
| symbol = Fraternity seal
| address = [University of the Philippines Diliman](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_Diliman)
| city = [Diliman](/source/Diliman)
| province = [Quezon City](/source/Quezon_City)
| country = Philippines
| chapters = 1
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.upsigmarho.com/}}
| slogan = {{Plainlist|
* For the Sigma Rho, fight!
* For the Grand Archon, fight!
}}
| emphasis = Law
}}

The '''Sigma Rho Fraternity''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΣΡ}}''') is a [College of Law](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Law)-based fraternity in the [University of the Philippines Diliman](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_Diliman).<ref name="law.upd.edu.ph">{{Cite web |url=http://law.upd.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=214&Itemid=409 |title=University of the Philippines College of Law – Fraternities and Sororities |publisher=University of the Philippines College of Law |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207192109/http://law.upd.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=214&Itemid=409 |archive-date=February 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-01 |title=About {{!}} Sigma Rho Fraternity |url=https://upsigmarho.ph/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203202902/http://upsigmarho.com/category/advocacy/ |archive-date=2017-02-03 |access-date=2026-01-01 |website=UP Sigma Rho Fraternity}}</ref> Having been formally organized in 1938, it is the oldest law-based Greek-letter fraternity in [Asia](/source/Asia).<ref name=photos>{{Cite web|last=Celeridad|first=Paolo|title=In Photos: Sigma Rho at 75|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/35321-in-photos-sigma-rho-anniversary/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Rappler|date=2 August 2013|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Sigma Rho Fraternity |url=https://upsigmarho.ph/about/ |access-date=2020-07-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> However, it has also expanded its membership base to include undergraduate students, including those studying for degrees in [engineering](/source/engineering), [business](/source/business), and [sports science](/source/sports_science).<ref name=photos /> It is one of the three fraternities based in the College of Law, the other two being [Alpha Phi Beta](/source/Alpha_Phi_Beta) and Scintilla Juris.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baguio Midland Courier Website|url=http://www.baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph/opposite.asp?mode=archives/2012/august/8-12-2012/opposite.txt|access-date=2021-10-16|website=www.baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph}}</ref>

==History==
Sigma Rho was founded by Charter Members Pacifico Agcaoili, Constantino Borja, Rodolpho Frayre, Joaquin Gonzales, Tiburcio V. Hilario, George V. McClure (an American Law student who was the first Grand Archon in 1939), Angel Medina, Carlos Ramos, Luciano Salazar (who later assisted Alexander SyCip in creating the law firm Sycip and Salazar), Antonio Moran Sison, Narceo Zambrano (who was the Grand Archon in 1940).<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=About the Fraternity |url=https://upsigmarho.ph/about |accessdate=2026-01-01}}</ref>

The Charter Adviser was then professor and later [Court of Appeals](/source/Court_of_Appeals_of_the_Philippines) Justice Magno Gatmaitan.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2006-08-11|title=About the Sigma Rho Fraternity|url=http://thesigmarho.org/about_us.html|access-date=2021-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811052952/http://thesigmarho.org/about_us.html|archive-date=2006-08-11}}</ref>

The fundamental law of the fraternity is that "The word of the Grand Archon is Law". Its hierarchy of loyalty is the following: first is God, second is country, third is family, fourth is the University of the Philippines, fifth is the University of the Philippines College of Law, and sixth is Sigma Rho. Meanwhile, its vows are sacrifice, loyalty, obedience, and service.<ref name=":3" />

== Symbols ==
The two letters of the Greek alphabet are its emblems for the stature of its members as "Seekers of the Right".<ref name="law.upd.edu.ph" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Celeridad |first=Paolo |date=2 August 2013 |title=In Photos: Sigma Rho at 75 |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/35321-in-photos-sigma-rho-anniversary/ |access-date=2020-07-07 |website=Rappler}}</ref> The Greek initials also stand for the initials of Sanchez Roman, a Spanish jurist whose scholarly commentaries on the [Civil Code of Spain](/source/Civil_Code_of_Spain) were authoritative references used by the students of the UP College of Law.<ref>{{cite news |last=Abaya |first=Eduardo |title=Recollections on the Fraternity |url=http://upsigmarho.com/recollections-on-the-fraternity |accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref>

Members of the fraternity are called "Comrades", while the fraternity’s presiding officer is called "Grand Archon", which means Chief Magistrate in ancient Greece. The treasurer is referred to as the Custodian of Funds.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-31 |title=Events and Partnerships {{!}} UP Sigma Rho Fraternity |url=https://upsigmarho.ph/events |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331114450/http://upsigmarho.com/recollections-on-the-fraternity/ |archive-date=2017-03-31 |access-date=2026-01-01}}</ref>

== Notable members ==
thumb|161x161px|Antonio T. Carpio, Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice

=== Judiciary ===
* [Antonio T. Carpio](/source/Antonio_T._Carpio) - former associate justice<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elemia|first=Camille|title=Drilon urges Carpio to apply as next chief justice|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/210557-drilon-urges-antonio-carpio-apply-for-next-sc-chief-justice/|access-date=2019-08-01|website=Rappler|date=28 August 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [Serafin R. Cuevas](/source/Serafin_R._Cuevas) - former associate justice<ref>{{Cite web|title=Law frats also in spotlight at CJ trial|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2012/01/30/772271/law-frats-also-spotlight-cj-trial|access-date=2019-08-01|website=philstar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-SC justice Serafin Cuevas dies|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/50123-ex-sc-justice-serafin-cuevas-dies/|access-date=2019-08-01|website=Rappler|date=10 February 2014|language=en}}</ref>
* [Marcelo Fernan](/source/Marcelo_Fernan) - former chief justice, supreme court and senate president<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nalzaro|first=Bobby G.|date=2014-07-18|title=Nalzaro: Joining fraternities|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/356044|access-date=2019-08-01|website=Sunstar|language=en}}</ref>
* [Jhosep Lopez](/source/Jhosep_Lopez) - associate justice
* [Presbitero Velasco](/source/Presbitero_Velasco) - former associate justice<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-04-10 |title=Velasco gets support from fraternity |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2006/04/10/330813/velasco-gets-support-fraternity |website=Philippine Star |language=en}}</ref>
* [Pedro Yap](/source/Pedro_Yap) - former chief justice<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Service |url=http://upsigmarho.com/public-service/ |website=Sigma Rho Fraternity |language=en}}</ref>

===Law===

* [Francisco Chavez](/source/Francisco_Chavez) - former solicitor general <ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranada |first=Pia |date=12 September 2013 |title=Frank Chavez: Warrior litigator, beloved father figure |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/38771-frank-chavez-obituary-warrior-litigator/ |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=Rappler |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [Simeon Marcelo](/source/Simeon_Marcelo) - former solicitor general and ombudsman<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cabacungan |first=Gil |date=27 April 2013 |title='The Firm' not so firm: It's breaking up |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/398091/the-firm-not-so-firm-its-breaking-up |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=Inquirer.Net |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [Salvador Panelo](/source/Salvador_Panelo) - former chief presidential legal counsel and spokesperson of [Rodrigo Duterte](/source/Rodrigo_Duterte)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sigma Rho brods forever! Panelo, Carpio still friends despite tiff over China loan |url=https://politics.com.ph/sigma-rho-brods-forever-panelo-carpio-still-friends-despite-tiff-over-china-loan/ |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=Latest Philippine politics news today |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Literature===

* [Stevan Javellana](/source/Stevan_Javellana) - novelist and author of [Without Seeing the Dawn](/source/Without_Seeing_the_Dawn)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Philippine Earth; Without Seeing the Dawn. By Stevan Javellana. 359 pp. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co. $2.75. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/04/27/archives/the-philippine-earth-without-seeing-the-dawn-by-stevan-javellana.html |website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}</ref>

thumb|177x177px|Juan Ponce Enrile, former senate president

=== Politics ===
* [Edgardo J. Angara](/source/Edgardo_J._Angara) - former senate president<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resume of Senator Angara - Senate of the Philippines |url=http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/angara_resume.asp |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=www.senate.gov.ph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lirio |first=Gerry |title=In memoriam: A silent warrior named 'Edong' |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/focus/05/14/18/in-memoriam-a-silent-warrior-named-edong |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>
*[Juan Edgardo M. Angara](/source/Juan_Edgardo_M._Angara) - senator<ref name=":12">[http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008522657 "Ex-Senate President Salonga Resigns From Fraternity After Hazing Death"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017121106/http://allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008522657|date=2007-10-17}}</ref>
* [Hilario Davide III](/source/Hilario_Davide_III) - vice governor of [Cebu](/source/Cebu)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-15 |title=Officials back passage of tougher anti-hazing law |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/1752897 |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=Sunstar |language=en}}</ref>
* [Raul Daza](/source/Raul_Daza) - former representative of the [1st district of Northern Samar](/source/Northern_Samar's_1st_congressional_district)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macaraig |first=Ayee |title=Enrile, Daza, Cuevas: The Octomaneuvers |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/special-coverage/1724-enrile-daza-cuevas-the-octomaneuvers/ |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=Rappler |language=en}}</ref>
* [Arthur Defensor Jr.](/source/Arthur_Defensor_Jr.) - governor of [Iloilo](/source/Iloilo)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DOJ resolve |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2008/06/18/68290/doj-resolve |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=Philippine Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [Arthur Defensor Sr.](/source/Arthur_Defensor_Sr.) - former governor of Iloilo<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mateo |first=Wenceslao |title=Ang 'dictatorial power' sang Grand Archon |url=https://www.panaynews.net/ang-dictatorial-power-sang-grand-archon/ |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=Panay News |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [Franklin M. Drilon](/source/Franklin_M._Drilon) - senator and former senate president<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elemia |first=Camille |title=Drilon admits he underwent fraternity hazing |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/183340-drilon-admits-hazing-fraternity/ |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=Rappler |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fratmen senators also went through hazing |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/09/26/1743136/fratmen-senators-also-went-through-hazing |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=philstar.com}}</ref>
* [Juan Ponce Enrile](/source/Juan_Ponce_Enrile) - former senate president<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Diana G. |date=12 September 2012 |title=Rafael M. Salas: 'Mr Population' who started it all |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/12248-rafael-m-salas-mr-population-who-started-it-all/ |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=Rappler |language=en}}</ref>
* [Oscar Gozos](/source/Oscar_Gozos) - former representative of the [4th district of Batangas](/source/Legislative_districts_of_Batangas)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outlooke Pointe Foundation (OPF) » Message from Oscar Gozos, President of the Sigma Rho Council |url=https://opf.ph/blog/message-from-the-president/ |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=opf.ph}}</ref>
* [Rafael M. Salas](/source/Rafael_M._Salas) - former [executive secretary](/source/Executive_Secretary_(Philippines))<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Evangelista |first=Oscar L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_DqOmhqtjIC&q=%22Rafael+Salas%22+sigma&pg=PA177 |title=Icons and Institutions: Essays on the History of the University of the Philippines, 1952-2000 |date=2008 |publisher=UP Press |isbn=9789715425698 |language=en}}</ref>
* [Jovito Salonga](/source/Jovito_Salonga) - former senate president, resigned from the fraternity in 2007<ref name=":12" />
* [Victor Sumulong](/source/Victor_Sumulong) - former representative of the [2nd district of Antipolo](/source/Antipolo's_2nd_congressional_district)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antipolo mayor dies of multiple organ failure |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2009/01/07/429394/antipolo-mayor-dies-multiple-organ-failure |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=philstar.com}}</ref>
* [Luis Villafuerte](/source/Luis_Villafuerte) - former governor of [Camarines Sur](/source/Camarines_Sur)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pedrasa |first=Ira |title=LRay Villafuerte: GMA's hand obvious in CamSur bill |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/09/20/12/lray-villafuerte-gma%E2%80%99s-hand-obvious-camsur-bill/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711020953/https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/09/20/12/lray-villafuerte-gma%E2%80%99s-hand-obvious-camsur-bill/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2020 |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=ABS-CBN News |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Sports===
* [Joe Lipa](/source/Joe_Lipa) - former coach of the [Philippines men's national basketball team](/source/Philippines_men's_national_basketball_team) and the [University of the Philippines Men's Basketball Team](/source/UP_Fighting_Maroons)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A vote for UP|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2006/10/08/361960/vote-up|access-date=2019-08-01|website=philstar.com}}</ref>

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== Incidents ==
From 1991 to 1994, Sigma Rho was involved in a total of 32 reported violent incidents between fraternities in the UP campus.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Zarco |first1=Ricardo M. |last2=Shoemaker |first2=Donald J. |date=1995 |title=Student Organizations as Conflict Gangs, University of the Philippines, Diliman |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23898534 |journal=Philippine Sociological Review |volume=43 |issue=1/4 |pages=69–84 |issn=0031-7810 |jstor=23898534}}</ref>

In 1994, Sigma Rho member and UP Law student Dennis Venturina died after seven Sigma Rho members were unexpectedly attacked inside the campus by the Scintilla Juris fraternity. While he was brought to the UP Infirmary by bystanders, he eventually died due to severe head injuries inflicted by lead pipes and baseball bats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G.R. No. 196735 - Separate Opinion |url=https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/may2014/gr_196735_so_2014.html |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=www.lawphil.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=G.R. No. 196735 |url=https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/may2014/gr_196735_2014.html |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=www.lawphil.net}}</ref><ref name="Hallare">{{Cite web |last=Hallare |first=Katrina |date=2019-09-04 |title=5 UP fratmen convicted of murder also released from NBP |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1160963/5-up-fratmen-convicted-of-murder-also-released-from-nbp |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=inquirer.net |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, the five UP students convicted for the murder were released from prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-04 |title=Frat violence victim Dennis Venturina's dad says unaware of release of son's killers |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/09/04/19/frat-violence-victim-dennis-venturinas-dad-says-unaware-of-release-of-sons-killers |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=ABS-CBN News |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hallare" />

In 1999, UP student Niño Calinao was shot and killed inside the campus.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Casualties of frat-related violence in UP |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/59204/news/casualties-of-frat-related-violence-in-up/ |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=GMA News Online |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Bagares">{{Cite web |last=Bagares |first=Romel |title=3 UP Sigma Rhoans charged |url=https://www.philstar.com/metro/2000/11/28/107649/3-sigma-rhoans-charged |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=philstar.com}}</ref> Investigators suspected that Calinao was caught in the violence between Sigma Rho and Scintilla Juris, being mistaken for a member of the latter fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frialde |first=Mike |title=Gunman in UP slay case gets death |url=https://www.philstar.com/metro/2004/07/09/256833/gunman-slay-case-gets-death |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=philstar.com}}</ref><ref name="Bagares" /> Calinao was not a member of any fraternity.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bagares |first=Romel |title=UP frat men swap charges |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/02/13/94960/frat-men-swap-charges |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> The same year, several Sigma Rho members were expelled by reason of mauling members of [Alpha Phi Beta](/source/Alpha_Phi_Beta).<ref>{{Cite web |title=UP Gazette July to September 2006 |url=https://osu.up.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/gazette/2006-JUL-SEP.pdf}}</ref>

In 2000, several Sigma Rho members killed Den Daniel Reyes, a member of the Alpha Phi Beta, in front of UP Law Center.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=3 former UP students plead not guilty in frat-related slaying |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/113508/news/nation/3-former-up-students-plead-not-guilty-in-frat-related-slaying/ |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref> The Sigma Rho members allegedly took turns in stabbing and hacking Reyes with long knives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bagares |first=Romel |title=3 UP Sigma Rhoans charged |url=https://www.philstar.com/metro/2000/11/28/107649/3-sigma-rhoans-charged |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendez |first=Christina |title=Police get new witnesses on UP frat killing |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/02/14/94969/police-get-new-witnesses-frat-killing |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> In 2008, the three students accused of ganging up on Reyes pleaded not guilty to the homicide charge.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=3 former UP students plead not guilty in frat-related slaying |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/113508/news/nation/3-former-up-students-plead-not-guilty-in-frat-related-slaying/ |access-date=2021-10-13 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref> The same year, a Sigma Rho member was suspended for two years for possession of deadly weapons in the UP College of Law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UP Gazette January - March 2005 |url=https://osu.up.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/gazette/2005-JAN-MAR.pdf}}</ref>

In 2007, graduating UP student Cris Mendez allegedly died during an initiation with Sigma Rho.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senate Resolution on Conducting an Inquiry |url=http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/52694491!.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Frat alleged in neophyte's death, 12 others slam hazing |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/59553/news/nation/frat-alleged-in-neophyte-s-death-12-others-slam-hazing/ |access-date=2021-10-13 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2007-10-01 |title=Doctor who brought Cris Mendez to VMMC surfaces |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/62692/Doctor-who-brought-Cris-Mendez-to-VMMC-surfaces |accessdate=2008-01-03}}</ref> Former Senator [Jovito Salonga](/source/Jovito_Salonga) resigned as a member of the fraternity because of this incident.<ref name="Salonga">{{cite news |last=Santos |first=Tina |date=2007-09-15 |title=Salonga resigns from Sigma Rho |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=88721 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2008-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926163309/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=88721 |archive-date=2008-09-26}}</ref> Former Senator [Juan Ponce Enrile](/source/Juan_Ponce_Enrile) also labeled his fraternity brothers “trainor [sic] of thugs and killers” and urged them to surrender those who are responsible for the death of Mendez.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2008-06-11 |title=Enrile labels frat brods 'trainor of thugs, killers' |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=86390 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611025651/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=86390 |archive-date=11 June 2008 |access-date=2021-09-04 |website=inquirer.net}}</ref> “I am calling on them to initiate the effort to ferret out the people responsible and kick them out of the fraternity and if necessary kick them out of school", Enrile added.<ref name=":0" /> In 2016, the Court of Appeals affirmed a decision allowing the preliminary inquiries conducted by the university prosecutor against students who were allegedly involved in the fatal hazing to proceed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Court of Appeals affirms UP proceedings vs hazing suspects |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/149010-appeals-court-affirms-university-philippines-hazing-suspects/ |access-date=2021-10-13 |website=Rappler |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Punay |first=Edu |title=CA junks plea of 4 frat men in hazing case |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2016/10/13/1633088/ca-junks-plea-4-frat-men-hazing-case |access-date=2021-10-13 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

In 2016, Sigma Rho was involved in a fight with Alpha Phi Beta during the UP Law Bar Operations.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=Philippine Collegian Tomo 95 Issue 04 |url=https://issuu.com/philippinecollegian/docs/4 |access-date=2021-10-17 |website=Issuu |language=en}}</ref> The next year, the fraternity was again involved in a series of altercations with Alpha Phi Beta for which the two fraternities reportedly kept score of attacks and retaliations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-16 |title='Kampihan'? UP LSG questions neutrality of some members over APB and Sigma Rho rift |url=https://abogado.com.ph/kampihan-up-lsg-questions-neutrality-of-some-members-over-apb-and-sigma-rho-rift/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016190714/https://abogado.com.ph/kampihan-up-lsg-questions-neutrality-of-some-members-over-apb-and-sigma-rho-rift/ |archive-date=2021-10-16 |access-date=2021-10-16 |website=Abogado}}</ref><ref name=":03" />

In 2019, a Sigma Rho member died by suicide after alleged conversations among Sigma Rho members, including photos of hazing rituals, hazing paraphernalia, hazing victims, and hateful content, were leaked online.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cepeda |first=Mara |title=U.P. frat member dies after latest hazing exposé |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/241316-up-sigma-rho-fraternity-member-death-after-hazing-expose/ |access-date=2020-07-10 |website=Rappler |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UP student kills self over hazing |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/09/30/news/headlines/up-student-kills-self-over-hazing/623732/ |access-date=2020-07-11 |website=The Manila Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Several organizations and public figures condemned the fraternity and demanded full accountability,<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.P. community condemns frat-related violence, impunity over leaked chat |url=https://www.rappler.com/moveph/241208-up-community-condemns-fraternity-related-violence-impunity-leaked-chat/ |access-date=2021-10-13 |website=Rappler |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement of Senator Win Gatchalian on New Allegations of Hazing in UP Diliman |url=http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2019/0928_gatchalian1.asp}}</ref> including Delta Lambda Sigma – Sigma Rho's partner sorority.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-28 |title=UP Delta Lambda Sigma stands against Sigma Rho's 'malicious and unlawful actions' |url=https://abogado.com.ph/up-delta-lambda-sigma-stands-against-sigma-rhos-malicious-and-unlawful-actions/ |access-date=2020-07-10 |website=www.abogado.com.ph |language=en-US}}</ref> Several members of Sigma Rho were placed under preventive suspension pending formal charges, while the UP administration called on for the public to stop forwarding messages related to the incident and for media personnel to respect the privacy of the deceased's family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marquez |first=Consuelo |date=2019-09-27 |title=UP Diliman imposes preventive suspension vs students tagged in frat hazing |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1170505/up-diliman-imposes-preventive-suspension-vs-students-tagged-in-frat-hazing |access-date=2021-09-05 |website=inquirer.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-09-30 |title=Statement on the Sigma Rho Fraternity-related death and alleged hazing incident |url=https://up.edu.ph/statement-on-the-sigma-rho-fraternity-related-death-and-alleged-hazing-incident/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=UP Media and Public Relations Office |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [List of fraternities and sororities in the Philippines](/source/List_of_fraternities_and_sororities_in_the_Philippines)

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