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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to UVA and never cared for the school culture much.  Didn't like the pretentious, Mr Jefferson's University, Honor Code parts of it.  Didn't like the fraternity/sorority, Laura Ashley dress/bow tie part either.

But I have a really hard time believing the lead story in the Rolling Stone article.   Yeah many of the frat guys seemed like smug a--holes but I just can't see them doing something like this.  And the implication that this was a local initiation ritual of that fraternity chapter - really can't believe that.

Really want to see this story thoroughly investigated and either validated or debunked.  For better or worse this is our state flagship university and it should not be tarred like this unless it really deserves to be.  There is a big difference between this story and a problem with acquaintance rape which I do believe exists at UVA and many universities.[/quote]

How about the dozens of other allegations of sexual assault and the university's failure to investigate/refer to the police?  This is about way one more than one allegation, no matter how horrible.[/quote]

It sounds like you're already assuming the story will be debunked and are in damage-control mode.    [/quote]

Not at all, but as a parent, I'm more concerned about sending my kid to a school with a systematic failure to properly handle sexual assault claims, and a seeming total failure to supervise the greek system, than a school with one or two isolated incidents.    That's without considering Hannah Graham and Yeardley Love.  For future students, structural changes are every bit as important, if not more, than investigating Jackie's allegations (which is also important).[/quote]

That's a reasonable point, assuming yours is a good-faith observation and not opportunistic UVA-bashing (of which there is no shortage), but in the context of this thread it comes across as if you're saying it doesn't really matter whether the RS incident was fabricated.  And, at this point, getting to the bottom of these allegations should matter a great deal.  [/quote]

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