UVA President Suspends Greek Life Organizations After Revelation of Campus Rape Culture

[niyad]

UVA President Suspends Greek Life Organizations After Revelation of Campus Rape Culture




University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan announced on Saturday that all fraternities and sororities will be suspended until January 9 in the wake of several allegations of rape at the university. The decision closely follows the release of a Rolling Stone article detailing a pattern of rape and sexual assault occurring at UVA fraternities, which has caused student and faculty protests and sparked national outrage.


In a letter to the UVA community President Sullivan writes that the many rape allegations described in Rolling Stone are “appalling and have caused all of us to reexamine our responsibility to this community.” Sullivan has called on the Charlottesville Police Department to investigate one case in particular, occurring in 2012 and the main subject of the Rolling Stone article.

Sullivan wrote that the UVA Inter-Fraternity Council announced a voluntary suspension of all social activity for the weekend, but that “our challenges will extend beyond this weekend,” and she therefore is suspending all Greek life social activity until January 9, the start of the new semester. Tommy Reid, president of the Inter-Fraternity Council, says the fraternities will be using the time to reach out to sexual violence prevention groups such as One in Four and Green Dot. Sullivan says she will use the intervening time to assemble groups of students, faculty, and other related parties to discuss steps for preventing rape and sexual assault. She also encouraged members of the UVA community to review and respond to the university’s Student Sexual Misconduct Policy, which is open for public comment.

Since the Rolling Stone published its investigation, UVA has faced pressure from alumni and the general public to respond to the allegations and make changes to keep students safe from sexual assault on campus. On Saturday night several hundred students participated in a faculty-led protest, which took place on the campus’ Rugby Road and ended in front of the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi, the site of the alleged rape detailed in the Stone article. The rally, titled “Take Back the Party: End Rape Now!” was part of a series of responses to the prevalence and tacit acceptance of sexual assault on the UVA campus.

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http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2014/11/24/uva-president-suspends-greek-life-organizations-after-revelation-of-campus-rape-culture/

[NYC_SKP]

1. It's a start.

Needs to go further.

[niyad]

2. MUCH further!

[TBF]

3. UVA is in trouble. They will also have the

civil suit from Hannah Graham's parents. Can an attorney bring a case that UVA has allowed such an environment of abuse to foster - I think it's possible. I wouldn't be surprised to see some more coming - like the removal of the president of UVA for example. This isn't going away and there are plenty of cases if you scan the Richmond news. The Charlottesville papers cowtow to the university (advertising $$$) but the Richmond Times can say what it wants. For instance, I read that there was another sexual assault reported the very weekend that Hannah went missing, but that case was hushed up.

[niyad]

4. the news just keeps getting more and more depressing.

[maced666]

5. Debunked