18 September 2006

Memorandum No. SSC-06-42

To: Deans, Faculty, Staff, REPS, Students and Alumni

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In recent meetings of the UP Diliman University Council and 
 the UP Diliman Executive Committee, several Deans and other 
 members of the faculty have expressed concern about the recent 
 instances of intellectual dishonesty committed by students and 
 the periodic eruption of fraternity-related violence. In my 
 consultations with the different sectors of our community, 
 quite a few have generously proposed ideas that might help 
 us deal with said issues. Among these proposals is to examine 
 the various rules governing student discipline.

In this connection, I would like to announce that I have constituted 
 a group to conduct a comprehensive review  of university rules and 
 regulations governing student conduct and discipline and student 
 organizations. Specifically the following rules will be reviewed.

1. Rules and Regulations on Student Conduct and Discipline;
2. Revised Rules and Regulations Governing Fraternities, 
   Sororities and Other Student Organizations;
3. Guidelines on the Application for, or Renewal of, Official 
   Recognition of University-Based Student Organizations; and
4. General Guidelines on Tambayans.

The review process is meant to be as well-informed  and as mindful 
 of the welfare of the university community as possible. In addition, 
 a public hearing will be conducted by considering the broadest possible 
 range of views submitted in writing. I am thus calling on all individuals 
 and groups who wish to express their sentiments, views and suggestions 
 to send their position papers through one or more of the following 
 members of the review group:

Prof. Elizabeth L. Enriquez
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Prof. Rowena D. Morales
Director, Institute of Judicial Administration
College of Law, Malcolm Hall

Prof. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara
Dean, College of Engineering

Prof. Zosimo E. Lee
Dean, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Prof. Aurora Odette C. Mendoza
(Representative of the University Council Committee On 
 Student Organizations, Activities, and Welfare)
Department of Psychology, CSSP

Please submit all position papers on or before October 31, 2006 
 to their respective offices or via email address ovcsa@up.edu.ph.

Thank you for helping to nurture our academic community.


SERGIO S. CAO
Chancellor