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*Steaming, begin rant:*
Any time that someone publishes an "allegations" post, my blood BOILS.
It's being investigated. Will you come back here and post the findings when the investigation is complete?
What sticks in peoples' brains is the initial story, and unfortunately, all too often that story proves to be incorrect or totally false.
There isn't a chapter out there on any campus who couldn't be "accused" of something, and frankly, it irritates me that we pay any attention whatsoever to "allegations."
I posted today about a fraternity on my campus being closed; the fraternity had been investigated internally as well as by the Dean of Students and Office of Greek Life. That was verified and the fraternity had been "shuttered" prior to my ever posting a word. I didn't post anything about "allegations" because WHAT IF THEY HAD BEEN DISPROVEN? I would have smeared the fraternity's name erroneously.
Please, people, please: think before you post an "allegations" charge.
*still steaming, end of RANT*
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"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." Bertrand Russell, The Triumph of Stupidity
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