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Originally posted by LXAAlum
From the article - the alleged victim states:
"I do know they have this tradition. I've heard they've done that to several girls in previous years."
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Since I have been fairly outspoken and critical of other fraternities here in the past, I am very cognizant of not looking at this case differently because it is my own Fraternity. In fact, I may take a harder stance.
However, I've now re-read the article and tried to digest it more carefully.
If the alleged incident did take place, my brother Delts made a big mistake and deserve stiff punishment.
However, in her own words it appears that, knowing about this supposed "tradition" in advance, she decided to have consentual sex in the library with someone she doesn't even know! In the library -- not someone's room. I've been to the Northwestern Delt House, but didn't see the library -- but one would suspect that it is a "common area," and probably not particularly private. Of course that's speculation on my part.
Notice that there is no mention of alcohol, drugs or charges of assault or rape, at least to this point in time.
Then she comments:
"It has upset me that there are people like this at my school," she said. "I just think its really sick and I don't understand how these people were raised to make them think this is OK."
That road goes in both directions. I'm pretty disgusted with both sides in this one.