The thrust of the University of the Philippines or Tatak UP is to inculcate among its students an unwavering commitment to the highest standards of academic excellence coupled with a deep and meaningful national consciousness befitting their stature as scholars of the National University. It shall be the duty of the University to produce graduates who are equipped with the intellectual preparation and sense of patriotism needed for them to become leaders in their chosen professions and vocations and to be catalysts of social justice and development. Towards this end, the University shall endeavor to foster creativity, critical thinking, resourcefulness, leadership skills, as well as socio-political consciousness, rights awareness and rights responsiveness, and a sense of national responsibility and civic duty among its students in an academic community that observes and protects the democratic rights and processes of students and student organizations.

In saying these, we believe that the lenses to be used in adopting rules and regulations governing student conduct in UP should be (1) rights-based, and (2) in the furtherance of student empowerment.

Following these basic principles, the Fraternity registers its strong objection against the draft 2009 Code of Student Conduct both on procedural and substantive grounds.