Alleged Rape at Sigma Chi (Wisconsin)

[BlueCarnation]

It's still unclear on how many non-Sigma Chis live in the house. As you can see in the BH story, they are still advertising for renters. The follow-up editorials in the BH today are very interesting. It's also hard for alot of the girls in sororities here; they want to support this girl, but they are friends with guys in the house and don't want to believe that something like this could happen. It's hard being 20 and thinking your good friends could possibly do something like this. There is a lot of distrust in the Dean of Students, the police, the Greek System's process, so we'll see what happens. Whatever happened obviously traumatized this poor girl, and if it was criminal, the perpetrators need to be brought to justice. It's just horrible.

[sugar and spice]

Originally Posted by BlueCarnation

It's still unclear on how many non-Sigma Chis live in the house. As you can see in the BH story, they are still advertising for renters.

They finished that house right around the time I started college. It's huge. I think they've always had that banner up. They are a fairly large chapter but still quite a few members shy of the biggest, which are the numbers you'd need to fill that house with members alone.

I think people are hesitant to jump to conclusions because last year, the student papers reported that a girl had blacked out and been raped at a fraternity party. Details later came out that indicated that, while she had injuries consistent with sexual assault, other people could account for her during the entire party. So if she had been raped, it wasn't there, and not by one of the members of the fraternity. The details of this case seem quite different than that one, but I think it makes people inclined to be cautious.

Originally Posted by srmom

If the DNA evidence comes back positive, in that there is enough for an identification, wouldn't they have to have samples of everyone at the house?

Any lawyers know?

Not a lawyer, but from what I understand, they can't ask for samples from everyone in the house. If they can narrow it down to a smaller number of suspects that they have reason to be suspicious of, they can request DNA from just those men, but they can't just issue a blanket request from all members.

[BlueCarnation]

[QUOTE=sugar and spice;1787103]They finished that house right around the time I started college. It's huge. I think they've always had that banner up. They are a fairly large chapter but still quite a few members shy of the biggest, which are the numbers you'd need to fill that house with members alone.

I think people are hesitant to jump to conclusions because last year, the student papers reported that a girl had blacked out and been raped at a fraternity party. Details later came out that indicated that, while she had injuries consistent with sexual assault, other people could account for her during the entire party. So if she had been raped, it wasn't there, and not by one of the members of the fraternity. The details of this case seem quite different than that one, but I think it makes people inclined to be cautious.

Right...I was here when they had their original house, and when their new house was built, so I understand that...I think since no one can talk about it, no one is sure, and we probably won't know for a while. Add to it that there was a pre-game and a post-game party there that day, and who knows who could have been in that house...