Olympian Raphael “Timmy” Chua ‘02 and ASEAN University Games Gold medalist Evan Grabador ‘04 will represent the country in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games - Philippines 2005. Fresh from their training in China, they already saw action in the recently concluded UAAP swimming championships where they won 5 and 4 gold medals respectively.
The Upsilon Sigma Phi, founded in 1918, is the oldest fraternity in Asia. Based in the University of the Philippines, it has had an unbroken and singular association with the premier state university. There are no chapters outside of UP Diliman and UP Los Banos. The fraternity counts among its ranks, Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino and former President Ferdinand E. Marcos.