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Originally Posted by 1964Alum
The RS UVA story is but one part of the investigation picture. And has nothing to do with the more intensive Title IX investigation into UVA along with ten or so other schools where a more intensive investigation has been called for. BEFORE the RS article. The investigation by the Charlottesville PD as well as that which the Attorney General has authorized will continue.
Should Phi Kappa Psi bring a defamation suit, there will also be a discovery process which may or may not bring in witnesses that have not as yet come forward but may have to if they are subpoenaed. The fraternity may well be advised to stay miles away from that.
That there has been a problem at UVA has been known for years and years And is why the RS article was found credible by the community in the first place.
Hopefully something beneficial and constructive will come of this. Including restitution to any and all who have been defamed. But also of enhanced security for students on campus. The issue of illegal underage drinking at UVA is also getting a careful look. I imagine that a bill will be introduced in the VA General Assembly when it convenes to remove adjudication of serious rape allegations from colleges and universities. Only time will tell how all of this will play out and what changes will be put into place.
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It's obvious you really care about the University of Virginia, so I have a question.
From the RS article:
"She was having an especially difficult time figuring out how to process that awful night, because her small social circle seemed so underwhelmed. For the first month of school, Jackie had latched onto a crew of lighthearted social strivers, and her pals were now impatient for Jackie to rejoin the merriment. "You're still upset about that?" Andy asked one Friday night when Jackie was crying. Cindy, a self-declared hookup queen, said she didn't see why Jackie was so bent out of shape. "Why didn't you have fun with it?" Cindy asked. "A bunch of hot Phi Psi guys?" One of Jackie's friends told her, unconcerned, "Andy said you had a bad experience at a frat, and you've been a baby ever since."
Does this sound like it would be a remotely plausible reaction to a brutal gang rape by 7 men? Is this the typical UVA student? If so, it's monsterous.
I had friends who went to UVA and visited there when I was in college. My grandfather went there, and my parents both attended schools in VA (W & L and Randolph Macon). A number of my friends kids have attended over the years, including a half dozen who are current students. I've always loved and admired the school. But those comments are just unrecognizable from my impressions.