by: Gerald E. dela Cruz
Voluntas is an organization established in the PLnP on July 29, 2005. This is composed of students from different colleges with a vision of promoting the policy of peace, equality, unity, and cooperation among its members. This organization has already proven its commitment by helping in different university activities and contributing to the maintenance of the Pamantasan such as cleaning of comfort rooms and PLP Quadrangle.
But as the time passes by, there are controversies on which this organization was accused to be an underground fraternity hiding as an ordinary school organization. I personally interviewed the president and founder of Voluntas, Mr. John Vincent Baltazar–a BSECE student, he concurred that most of their members are also a part of an outside chapter fraternity but this does not actually mean that the organization itself is a fraternity. He stated that their organization is free from any illegal activities such as initiations and other actions related to fraternity. In fact, Voluntas is open to all the students of PLP who wanted to join and serve for the benefit of this university, as he said. It might not be clear for some students and professors that all of the sacrifices of its members are just to provide assistance to all the faculties of the PLP. It is heartbreaking for their part that their act of kindness will be misinterpreted as an act of illegitimate initiation for fraternity intents.
In my own point of view, it isn’t important whether the Voluntas is an organization or fraternity. As long as they know their limitations and they do not exercise any illegal actions, they will remain an innocent and functional organization. We must actually be thankful for having this kind of organization of which its members render their time, effort and even funds for the betterment of our university.
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