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University Glee Club temporarily retires 'Rugby Road'

The University Glee Club announced last week that they would temporarily retire the song “Rugby Road” in the wake of the Rolling Stone article published Nov. 19 alleging a brutal gang rape by members of the University’s chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity in Sept. 2012.


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Students host Slut Walk to protest rape culture, sexual assault

University students hosted a “Slut Walk” Friday afternoon to protest rape culture and sexual assault on Grounds. Protesters walked from the Amphitheatre, to the Lawn, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house and Brooks Hall, before ending at Peabody Hall, where they wrote on Post-it notes and stuck them to the building's doors.


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QSU, SOR host transgender activist Schofield

Transgender Rights Advocate Scott Schofield spoke at a vigil for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, co-hosted by Sigma Omicron Roe, the first gender-neutral fraternity on Grounds, and the Queer Student Union. Schofield invoked support for those affected by acts of violence against the transgender community.


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Sullivan requests Phi Kappa Psi Investigation

University President Teresa Sullivan Wednesday asked the Charlottesville Police Department to investigate an incident of sexual misconduct between a then-first-year student and several members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity which allegedly occurred in September 2012. The incident was the subject of an article published online Wednesday morning by Rolling Stone Magazine — an article which also detailed numerous other assaults which allegedly took place at the University.

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