Phi Kappa Psi at U of Virginia Voluntarily Suspends Activities

[SOM]

Report: UVA officials knew of rape report before Rolling Stone-

Much of the scrutiny on the Rolling Stone story about the University of Virginia has focused on the account of a young woman known as “Jackie,” what she told whom when about an alleged gang rape, and how the magazine did or didn’t verify the facts around it. But the apparent institutional indifference to following up on such an allegation, a core part of the same article, has not been disputed, and has now been corroborated by an account in a local newspaper.
The Daily Progress in Charlottesville reports, citing an unnamed “participant” in the meetings in question, that “University of Virginia officials knew in mid-September about allegations of a sexual attack at a school fraternity yet by their own account did not request a police investigation until after a Rolling Stone story launched a firestorm more than two months later.” http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/report-uv...tone?CID=sm_FB




UVa officials were aware of sexual assault allegations two months before Rolling Stone controversy http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/lo...f18fad49b.html

[SOM]

I Was Gang Raped at a U-VA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything

In the same house where Rolling Stone's Jackie says she was. No one did anything about it until one of my rapists contacted me to apologize http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...DB&via=FB_Page

[exlurker]

RE: UVA
A writer has snarky fun with a recent NPC pronouncement:

http://jezebel.com/very-brave-sorori...eir-1672204114


The actual NPC statement is included in

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...e6c_story.html

[SOM]

Rolling Stone Fact-Checker Didn't Ask About Alleged Rape Victim In Emails With UVA Officials http://huff.to/1ACMtz0 via @HuffPostMedia

NEW YORK –- A Rolling Stone fact-checker didn't ask University of Virginia officials via email about an alleged 2012 gang rape described in an explosive and now unraveling article published last month.
Under a Freedom of Information Act request, The Huffington Post obtained 104 pages of email correspondence between UVA officials and Rolling Stone contributing editor Sabrina Rubin Erdely, who wrote the story, and assistant editor Elisabeth Garber-Paul, who fact-checked it.

[SOM]

Rolling Stone requests independent review of its University of Virginia rape story

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism will conduct a review into the magazine's editorial process http://www.salon.com/2014/12/22/roll...rce=newsletter

[exlurker]

The new or revised UVA requirements for fraternities and sororities are covered in an article on an NBC affiliate's site:

http://www.nbc29.com/story/27775401/...tion-agreement

The article ^^ includes links to specific agreements between the university and the various councils (the UVA councils for NIC, NPC, NPHC, etc.)

Another news source has a story, too:

http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlin...287697381.html

[SOM]

Spring Rush at the University of Virginia-Before it was discredited, a coed’s sensational story alleging gang rape at the University of Virginia prompted the university’s president, Teresa Sullivan, to suspend fraternity and sorority activities on campus so that underlying problems of frat-house excesses could be addressed. The result, announced Tuesday, is an encouraging and realistic agreement by student and university leaders to crack down on the sort of binge drinking and partying abuses that have given frat-house behavior a notorious reputation on campuses across the nation. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/op...on&nlid=976554

UVA Reveals Strict New Rules On Fraternity Parties
The University of Virginia unveiled strict new rules for fraternity parties Tuesday as it lifted the suspension on Greek social life imposed after a controversial Rolling Stone article in November.
The new rules, including a requirement that a sober fraternity member monitor bedrooms during parties, attempt to reform social life at the Charlottesville campus following a Rolling Stone article that described an alleged gang rape in a bedroom at Phi Kappa Psi. The article has since come under fire for inconsistencies.
The new party policy is outlined in an addendum to the university's Fraternal Organization Agreement, which must be signed annually by each Greek life organization. The agreement spells out rules all 61 fraternities and sororities must obey in order to remain officially recognized by UVA. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6425748.html


U.Va. Adopts New Fraternal Organization Agreement Aimed to Enhance Safety http://www.news.virginia.edu/content...enhance-safety

[1964Alum]

I am very pleased that the Greek community has risen to the occasion and has become a partner with the university in both recognizing and taking realistic steps to deal with this very serious problem on campus. This is what I have been hoping for all along.

They can be sure that they will no be under very observant eyes to ensure that they are fully complying with this agreement.

[exlurker]

UVA has reinstated Phi Kappa Psi; see:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...r-inquiry.html

The article ^^ states, among other things,
“A police investigation found "no basis" for the allegations of sexual assault.”

See also the following, which indicates that the Char;ottesville police are still investigating and will put out a statement later.

http://www.universityherald.com/arti...us-article.htm

[AnchorAlum]

Have they reinstated all fraternities and sororities?

[Tom Earp]

News is they have reinstated PKPsi. Nothing on the reswt as of yet! They all should be asap.

if there is a problem, don't act like Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds on campus for the Un!

[exlurker]

An article reports that Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Alpha Order are declining to sign the new (and required, I believe) agreement with the university.

http://www.nbc29.com/story/27841233/...-new-uva-rules

The story ^^ (from an NBC affiliate) includes copies of the statements of KA and ATO.

[Kevin]

I wouldn't sign it either. I wish more fraternities would stand up to what the school is doing here. Why sign a new deal after the school showed that these agreements are clearly a one-way street?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by exlurker

An article reports that Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Alpha Order are declining to sign the new (and required, I believe) agreement with the university.

http://www.nbc29.com/story/27841233/...-new-uva-rules

The story ^^ (from an NBC affiliate) includes copies of the statements of KA and ATO.

The statements made by each group are the same. Did they write the statement together, or is this a mistake?

[1964Alum]

It is not clear to me what these two fraternities hope to accomplish. ALL GLOs are on campuses at the pleasure of the hosting college or university. So there is an obligation to accept and abide by the standards and policies of their host as well as their own standards. And the wider community consists of the laws of the land. Any thoughts about what they hope to accomplish?