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Old 11-25-2014, 03:28 PM
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What upsets me the most, is that ALL GLOs were suspended from any activities!

These acts were not done by all GLOs, just some members alone.
They should be prosecuted not the whole Greek System! We as GLOs do so many good things for others!

Now allow me to lay a lot of blame-The Schools who sweep this under the rug and not following through! Get the bad guys, not the group!
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Old 11-25-2014, 04:34 PM
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What upsets me the most, is that ALL GLOs were suspended from any activities!
Frankly, Tom, there's a major problem is that's what upsets anyone the most about this situation.

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These acts were not done by all GLOs, just some members alone.
They should be prosecuted not the whole Greek System! We as GLOs do so many good things for others!

Now allow me to lay a lot of blame-The Schools who sweep this under the rug and not following through! Get the bad guys, not the group!
Except here we seem to have a Greek system that condoned, if not encouraged, the problem behavior. No, perhaps not every fraternity actually committed crimes, nor perhaps did every member of the "problem" fraternities. But at UVA, there seems to have been a campus culture in general and a Greek culture in particular that allowed these assaults and rapes to continue without challenge. Whatever good they may otherwise do, the Greek system allowed a culture of sexual violence to continue for decades.

I'm not one to promote punishing all for the offenses of some. But from what I've seen, the Greek system at UVA has problems that have to be addressed by dealing with individuals, with specific fraternities and with the system as a whole. I think this may be a time that holding the Greek system accountable is called for.

And to be clear, that is not to suggest that there aren't others, such as the administration, that also need to be held accountable.
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