Unfairly challenging individual choice
"THE UNIVERSITY of Virginia maintains a strong tradition of student self-government ..." These words, the first words scrolled across the University's Web site, are read by thousands of prospective students who are misled to believe that students at the University are allowed to govern themselves fully. The clearest and harshest example of a blatant violation of student self-governance was the 1998 deferral of fraternity rush to the spring semester by the University administration.