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(11/22/14 3:25am)
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Dear Students,
Dear Rector George Keith Martin,
The recently released Rolling Stone article portraying a graphic gang rape of a then-first-year student by seven men at a fraternity party has produced a wave of reactions among the University's alumni. Many have been motivated to take action and demand the University administration — portrayed in the article as failing to address survivors' needs or pursue justice against perpetrators of sexual violence — immediately do the same.
This past Wednesday, Rolling Stone published an article that greatly impacted our community. From those directly involved in the story to those who have never before been touched by this issue, everyone has been affected. Our community will never be the same. The range of emotions, from mild to intense, felt by our peers is apparent in every class, every conversation and every gathering. These emotions, however, cannot and should not be ignored. Instead, we must channel these sentiments into something productive that moves our community forward. Far too often, the things we become passionate about fall by the wayside. No more. We must create productive and sustainable change that drives forward the conversation, and creates dialogue that we can build on. We recognize that individuals and organizations have the desire to act — that they are unable to sit idly while there is so much pain among our fellow Wahoos. We encourage thoughtful and intentional activism as opposed to reactionary responses in dealing with this trying issue. With the support of each other, we can unite to become the resounding voice needed in our movement forward.
University students and faculty have responded in full force to an article published in Rolling Stone magazine Wednesday — many voicing their opposition to sexual assault and misconduct on Grounds. The article detailed the alleged gang rape of a then-first-year student by several members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity in Sept. 2012.
Update 10:15 a.m.: Attorney General Mark Herring announced Mark Filip will not serve as the University's independent counsel to address its handling of sexual violence, given his prior affiliation with Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. "This situation is too serious to allow anything to undermine the confidence in the objectiveness and independence of this review," Hering said in a press release.
The first fraternity I ever went to at U.Va. was Phi Kappa Psi.
An anonymous letter submitted to various news organizations claims responsibility for the vandalism of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house which occurred early Thursday morning.
Update 2:25 p.m.: Phi Kappa Psi fraternity released a statement Thursday saying the organization had voluntarily suspended its Fraternal Organization Agreement."This is a serious matter for the criminal justice system and the university investigative process and we will cooperate quickly, openly, and honestly in any forthcoming investigation that may be conducted," the statement read. Read the full statement here.
Rolling Stone’s recent article about sexual assault at the University has already invoked a wide range of emotions from the student body. For some, the piece is an unfounded attack on our school; for others, it is a recognition of a harsh reality; and for what I suspect is a large majority of us, it falls somewhere in between. It is now our task as students to determine how to respond to that article — not to the magazine, but within our own community.
The University released its proposal for a new sexual misconduct policy Wednesday — the latest revision since 2011 — in response to recently increased federal pressure to clamp down on sexual violence. The proposal is open for public commentary until Dec. 5.
Charlottesville Police responded to a sexual assault in the 100 block of Chancellor Street around 2:40 a.m. Saturday.
Late second-year College student Hannah Graham died from "homicidal violence," Albemarle County Police confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
Sustainability Day at the University became Sustainability Days this year, indicating a heightened focus on environmental issues. The Office for Sustainability showed two films related to climate change issues and hosted a panel Thursday, and held an event called “Hoos Talking Green” Friday, during which six speakers from the University gave short presentations.
Albemarle County Sheriff Chip Harding is advocating for an expansion of Virginia’s DNA databanks, pushing for the state to collect DNA from all individuals convicted of misdemeanors.
The Board of Visitors convened in full sessions Friday morning and afternoon to hear University updates and discuss a recent report on higher education issued by the Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
In coordination with the Sexual Assault Resource Agency, the Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar on the Downtown Mall organized a meeting last Tuesday with to train bartenders and restaurant staff in bystander intervention.
Johns Hopkins University recently banned all open fraternity parties for the remainder of the semester in response to a report from a 16-year-old girl that she was raped by two men at a fraternity party at the university last week. This kind of collective punishment — applying restrictions to all fraternities rather than only the ones that committed infractions — has been used at other colleges this year. Fraternity social gatherings were universally restricted at Emory last month, as well as at MIT in September, when a female guest fell out of a fraternity house window.
The University Judiciary Committee has reconfigured a subcommittee on sexual misconduct in an effort to participate more in the University-wide effort to prevent and spread awareness about sexual assault.
The University Judiciary Committee is looking to revamping its sexual misconduct subcommittee, signifying a push to become more involved in sexual assault prevention on Grounds. The reconfigured subcommittee will seek to keep the organization more involved in University efforts to prevent sexual assault.