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| MikeZPU | Jan 28 2015, 07:39 PM Post #721 |
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http://www.jconline.com/story/news/2015/01/27/student-retracts-statements-raped/22421347/ Woman Retracts Report of Sexual Assault Near Purdue Dining Hall Unbelievable: here we go again. A woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted near one of Purdue University's Dining Courts has retracted her story. Now, keep in mind what this woman did, and the elaborate set up. She was on the cell phone with a friend, faked a male voice, and then dropped the phone. She then scratched her chest area, and laid down on the ground half-naked waiting for her friend to find her. And then she went hysterical when the friend arrived. But she now admits it was all made up. How long would it have taken to properly interview Mangum, and have her recant her story? Edited by MikeZPU, Jan 28 2015, 07:44 PM.
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| Payback | Jan 28 2015, 08:02 PM Post #722 |
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Mike, you left out the part about the punishment she will receive for false reporting. |
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| MikeZPU | Jan 28 2015, 08:14 PM Post #723 |
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They must have forgot to include those details in the press reports. Edited by MikeZPU, Jan 28 2015, 08:15 PM.
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| abb | Jan 29 2015, 05:22 AM Post #724 |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/01/28/is-this-the-1950s-students-respond-to-sororities-telling-u-va-members-not-to-party-with-fraternity-guys/ ‘Is this the 1950s?’ Students respond to sororities telling U-Va. members not to party with fraternity guys By Susan Svrluga January 28 at 7:52 PM Determined to reduce sexual assaults on campus, some colleges have banned frat parties, others have imposed strict new social rules and many are changing how they respond when victims come forward. At the University of Virginia, which has been having a very public debate about its culture, a powerful national group of sororities is trying something new for this weekend: Banning its members from partying with fraternity men. In a letter and in meetings at campus sororities, national leaders told each chapter at U-Va. that its members would not be allowed to go to any fraternity parties — for their own safety — during Boys’ Bid Night festivities Saturday, when fraternities will celebrate with new members. When Story Hinckley, a senior from Richmond, heard the news from their chapter president, she and the women around her were stunned: “To live in 2015 and be told that you can’t leave your house because you’re a female? I thought I was hearing it wrong, to be honest.” It just felt, several students said, like they were back in the 1950s. Reaction was swift, and not limited to sorority sisters. At a school full of smart, ambitious students who cherish the school’s Jeffersonian emphasis on student self-governance, it was an edict that rankled many. People called it sexist, didactic, irrational. And at a school that has been ground zero of the campus sexual-assault debate, students who have been immersed in the issue marveled at a response that they found was so completely out of touch. At U-Va, students have studied sexual assault prevention, talked about it, changed rules (including rules about fraternity parties), advocated, taken self-defense classes, and trained themselves in ways to recognize and intervene before a situation gets out of hand. “It’s an incredibly disproportional response to women and an incredibly antiquated understanding of safety and sexual assault,” said Abraham Axler, a second-year student who chairs the U-Va. Student Council. “We’re about 40 years past the point of ‘women are the victims and men are the aggressors.’ It’s a more complicated situation.” The rules came ahead of a significant weekend on campus. In addition to Bid Night on Saturday, the university’s undefeated basketball team, ranked No. 2 in the nation, is hosting No. 4 Duke in what is certainly the biggest home game of the year and the biggest of the weekend nationally. (ESPN GameDay plans to be in Charlottesville for a daylong broadcast that could be followed by a night of revelry.) The idea that women would be required not to attend parties is almost unthinkable, students said. “This was decided by national presidents who are in their mid-50s and live in Indianapolis,” Hinckley said. She told her parents about the letter and they started laughing, she said, and told her that she must have misunderstood. But she hadn’t. Each of the campus sorority chapters got the letter, from national leaders of member organizations of the National Panhellenic Conference — an association of sororities that regularly act in unison. But some got more-detailed directives, exceptions or warnings about repercussions. Some were told that members 21 or older could go to bars where there weren’t gatherings of fraternity brothers. Some were told that they must avoid fraternity property from Friday until 2 a.m. Sunday. (“So at 3 a.m., it’s safe?” a student asked.) Hinckley created an online petition, saying the mandate would not help prevent rape and sexual assault but does perpetuate the idea that women are defenseless. Within 24 hours, the document had nearly 2,000 signatures. On Tuesday night, the student council voted to ask the national chapter heads to talk about it, so on Wednesday, Axler e-mailed them. The only response by Wednesday evening was from a president who said she would be out of the country and would not be available to talk. The overriding refrain from the council meeting, Axler said, was that this was not students fighting for their right to party. Some were upset that without any discussion, the directive seemed to be subverting all the work the campus community had put into rules designed to make fraternity parties safer. Some asked: What next? Was this just the beginning of rules to be handed down about attending social events? Kappa Kappa Gamma declined to comment, and other national sorority chapters did not respond to requests for comment. But the National Panhellenic Conference provided a statement. “Sorority organizations with chapters present on UVA campus, that are also NPC member organizations, collectively made the decision to not participate in men’s bid night events,” the statement says. “This directive from the sorority organizations and their inter/national presidents is intended to help uphold a NPC Unanimous Agreement of women not participating in men’s recruitment and address safety and risk management concerns associated with this tradition.” Anthony de Bruyn, a university spokesman, said the main concern about bid night in the past was the excessive consumption of alcohol, and the school is actively working to improve safety on campus. As for this weekend, he said: “We have confidence in our students’ ability to use good judgment, be mindful of one another’s safety, and adhere to the new safety practices developed by them and outlined in the recently revised Fraternal Organization Agreements.” Many students were sympathetic to the goals of the national sorority leaders and understood the difficulty of keeping women safe, particularly when they’re not sober. They just didn’t like the method. “People are very agitated and very upset and see this as an obstacle to larger cultural change and a violation of free rights and student freewill,” said Ben Gorman, president of the Inter-Fraternity Council at U-Va. Campus sexual assault has received intense scrutiny nationwide in recent months, including from President Obama, Congress and the U.S. Department of Education, which is investigating dozens of colleges for their response to such reports. And U-Va. became a focal point recently as it dealt with a now-discredited story of a gang rape at a fraternity that prompted the university to suspend Greek life amid a broader discussion of sexual assault. Fraternities were allowed to reopen this month after agreeing to new rules about parties and drinking that aim to increase safety. The fraternities haven’t had a chance to prove that the new rules, designed with student input, will make their parties safer, said Erin Dyer, a third-year student from Fredericksburg, Va. Instead, the message she heard from sorority leaders was: “We’re not sure how they’re going to act, so please stay inside this night.” “I don’t understand where or when I signed up for an organization that encouraged women to hide from men,” Dyer said. Many women are considering quitting their chapters, several sorority sisters said. One woman said it is hard for her to feel comfortable in an organization that believes adult women “cannot look out for themselves or make their own decisions.” It’s not just sorority sisters who were offended by the rule, Hinckley said. She feels bad for her friends who are men, too. “Yes, I’m having to deal with this stereotype that I’m a stupid, slutty sorority girl” unable to make good decisions, she said. “They’re having to deal with the stereotype of stupid rapist fraternity brother. ‘No women can come to your house on this night because they will all be sexually assaulted.” Here is a copy of the letter sorority chapters received: http://www.scribd.com/doc/254012087/Letter-to-national-sorority-presidents-urging-non-participation-in-U-Va-men-s-bid-night |
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| abb | Jan 29 2015, 05:24 AM Post #725 |
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http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2015/01/proposed-bill-would-have-allowed-outside-attorney-ujc-proceedings-interference Proposed bill would have allowed outside attorney UJC proceedings interference University students testify against motions by Katie Grimesey | Jan 29 2015 | 4 hours ago nsstatecapitaltimesdispatch Bob Brown | Richmond Times-Dispatch Three bills in the Virginia House of Delegates — proposing student and student organization rights to an external attorney during institutional disciplinary proceedings — were tabled yesterday during a hearing of the House sub-committee on Higher Education. The bills, House Bills 1321, 1322 and 1323, were proposed by Delegate Rick Morris and together would have granted students and organizations access to an attorney. They also would have created a system of appeals to allow school-decided sentenced to be reviewed by a circuit court. Second-year Law student Zachary Cohen, Student Council co-chair of legislative affairs, attended the hearing. Cohen said the bills were slightly amended versions of bills which were tabled last year as well and would have permitted outside legal help for students facing more than ten days of suspension or expulsion. “The original bill referred to any student accused of some form of misconduct: criminal, academic, etc.,” Cohen said. “The amended bill being put forth today is only for criminal misconduct.” Cohen said he attended the hearing to testify against the bill, explaining how it would negatively impact the University community and other Virginia schools. “We’re going to explain to the committee from U.Va. perspective why this bill would be bad for our system and more generally for the commonwealth,” Cohen said. University Judiciary Committee Chair Timothy Kimble, a fourth-year College student, and UJC Senior Counselor, Patrick Greco — a second-year Law student — also attended the hearing, both to testify against the bills. “The points that we were making when we testified in front of them were that not only is it detrimental to student self governance itself, but it’s also on a lot of levels unnecessary given the level of due process that [UJC] affords students,” Kimble said. “That was the main concern, given that students going through these judiciary proceedings aren’t having enough due process.” Kimble said the bills would have had “rippling effects” which would have extended past UJC and more pervasively through the University community. “The University would most likely have to acquire representation as well if they’re allowing representation for accused students,” Kimble said. “There are all kinds of these associated costs.” Greco said another issue to consider in thinking about this issue is whether or not a student would be able to afford an attorney, a factor which could have actually made school judicial proceedings less fair. “It would be a different process for the students who could afford to hire an attorney and students who couldn’t afford to hire an attorney,” Greco said. “That would not be a fair process; to expect all students to have to hire an attorney to go through a disciplinary process, or to afford protection to one student and not another based on their financial needs.” Joining the three University students were representatives from other Virginia schools, including James Madison University and George Mason University. Greco said no one affiliated with Virginia institutions spoke in favor of the proposals. University Honor Committee Chair Nicholas Hine, a fourth year in the College, said that while the amended bill would have been more applicable to UJC disciplinary proceedings, it still raises concerns for the overall system. “Any bill like this that allows some students to obtain legal counseling during a disciplinary proceeding inherently compromises the equity of the process,” Hine said. “The primary worry is the implications for student self-governance. Our University has always believed that our process runs best when it’s run by students, and that’s something that we stand by.” |
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| abb | Jan 29 2015, 05:26 AM Post #726 |
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http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2015/01/virginia-general-assembly-considers-sexual-assault-legislation Virginia General Assembly considers sexual assault legislation Critics argue bills may prevent violence reports by Will Marshall | Jan 29 2015 | 3 hours ago nsstatecapitaltimesdispatch Bob Brown | Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia’s General Assembly is in the process of crafting legislation which will alter how incidents of sexual assault are handled on college campuses. A set of bills recently incorporated into Senate Bill 712 provide an example of how some legislators wish to sidestep the school as part of the process of an investigation into sexual assault. The senate bills would require school employees — with the exception of certain counselors, attorneys and religious officials — to notify police of an incident of sexual assault within 24 hours, even if that information was obtained in confidence. Senators in support of the bills argue that sexual assault is a crime, and therefore criminal proceedings should be initiated immediately to have the best chance at collecting the evidence needed for a conviction. Critics of the bills say that this approach is misguided because it overlooks the safeguards schools have at their disposal for survivors. Claire Wyatt, a 2013 University graduate and an organizer for advocacy group New Virginia Majority, said mandatory reporting could unintentionally deter reports of sexual assault because police departments often lack the sensitivity required in rape cases. “Ninety percent of assault survivors who go to the police have a retraumatizing moment in their initial intake questioning by police,” Wyatt said. Many universities use administrative levers such as moving survivors between dorms to help survivors avoid interactions with their attackers. Universities may also implement “no contact” directives, which are similar to restraining orders. Though these measures carry no legal weight, they aim provide immediate protections to survivors to help foster a safer atmosphere for the student. Wyatt said rather than face severe questioning and doubt, survivors may not speak openly with investigators. Until police departments are trained with better trauma-based investigation techniques, sexual assault survivors could face harmful revictimization under mandatory reporting, upsetting the recovery process. House Bill 1343, introduced by Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, earlier this month, is an alternative approach to mandatory reporting. This bill strikes a better balance between protecting the community from threat and keeping the process in the hands of the survivor, Wyatt said. The bill requires campus police and local law enforcement agencies to contact local commonwealth attorneys within 48 hours of a reported incident of sexual assault. The bill is currently in subcommittee. “[This bill] will make it easier for students to access legal recourse and prevent police from not pushing a case forward,” Wyatt said. House Bill 1343 has received broad support and is viewed as favorable for sexual assault survivors because it only applies to cases where the crime has already been reported. As a result, the reported cases are more likely to be prosecuted. “Whereas [SB712] would act as a deterrent to coming forward, this bill adds an element of accountability,” Wyatt said. Gov. Terry McAuliffe created a campus sexual assault task force last year which is set to release its findings for best practices in June. Wyatt said that once experts pinpoint specific problems, the legislature will be able to create more informed bills. |
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| abb | Jan 29 2015, 05:51 AM Post #727 |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/stop-blaming-u-va-sorority-sisters-and-other-women-for-the-campus-rape-problem/2015/01/28/8229a446-a704-11e4-a06b-9df2002b86a0_story.html Stop blaming U-Va. sorority sisters and other women for the campus rape problem By Petula Dvorak Columnist January 28 at 2:24 PM You hear that sound? Is that Perry Como on the radio? Because I’m getting a pretty strong 1953 vibe here. On the University of Virginia campus, where students are still reeling from a Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape that probably didn’t happen, the backlash was strong this week. And, predictably, it was aimed at women on campus. Petula is a columnist for The Washington Post's local team who writes about homeless shelters, gun control, high heels, high school choirs, the politics of parenting, jails, abortion clinics, mayors, modern families, strip clubs and gas prices, among other things. View Archive Sorority sisters were ordered by their council to stay inside on fraternity bid night this weekend, maybe even organize “sisterhood events” for their safety. Are bedazzled chastity belts next? Oh, wait! It’s 2015? My bad. I thought I had stepped into a time machine. Because this Wicked Stepmother edict of locking up the Sweethearts of Sigma Chi sounds a lot like the rules in the Michigan State University Associated Women Students Handbook, 1953-1954. Lots of schools had rules like this in the era of MRS degrees: “Women students may visit only those men’s residences where an official housemother employed by the college is present under the following conditions: (1) The housemother must be present. (2) Women may not go above the ground floor. (3) Women students may not visit in men’s residences during the morning hours. See, back then, women were treated as though they couldn’t make decisions on their own, as though they were the problem when it came to unwanted sexual contact, as though their behavior had to be moderated and controlled and they were infantilized to keep young men from ravaging them. A housemother was their greatest defense? How different is that from what happened this week at U-Va? It was an insult to the women as well as the men. It’s not like campus rape is not a huge problem all over the country, despite the Rolling Stone debacle. One in 5 American women reports being sexually assaulted at some point in her life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are many of examples of the college rape problem, no need for a made-up story sensationalized by a music and culture magazine to underscore that fact. (Listen in on a book club, or a girls’ night out. You’ll be surprised at how many women eventually unfold about their own rape stories.) Or just look at the papers. This week, two Vanderbilt University football players — Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey, both 21 — were convicted of raping a 21-year-old neuroscience major. They dragged her around, slapped her on the naked behind and took turns assaulting her. To make matters worse, Vandenburg took video of the assault and sent it to friends while it was happening and then tried to say he shouldn’t be responsible because he just watched. The jury rejected claims that the two men were too drunk to know what they were doing, and that a college culture of binge drinking and promiscuous sex should be blamed for the attack. Seriously. That was their defense — that everyone’s doing it. In 2015, we’re still a herd, even in our institutions of higher learning. And it’s not just the guys who are guilty of heinous peer pressure. Have you seen the wave of wicked sorority grooming requirements leaked around social media and burning it up on Jezebel? Paging 1953. Makeup! “This means eyebrows waxed, roots dyed, nails done, hair curled or straightened, makeup done in a neat and clean fashion,” one example said. Sororities issued PowerPoint presentations on acceptable shades of turquoise to wear, appropriate hairstyles (“No Waves!” one memo screeched) and one dictatorial diva simply said, “cannot express how important Spanx are.” Yup, back to 1953. Is your petticoat properly starched? What happened to crusading for your rights, both on campus and off? The women before you had to fight to get on campus, they had to fight to get the house mother from having to sign them in and out like property, they had to fight to get jobs and fight to keep them. We’re still fighting. By locking down the sorority sisters instead of fighting for their right to be safe, we assume the worst of our young women. And our young men. Shame on that defense attorney for trying to make the Vanderbilt rape a crime of campus culture. Shame on the people who refuse to make alcohol abuse — by both men and women — part of this conversation. And shame on the people who have given up on raising good and decent men. Smart men who understand the difference between yes and no, power and passion and right from wrong who have to take the charge in this conversation and lead the way in the cultural shift that must continue. Click here for more information! And seriously, ladies, enough with the turquoise and unruly eyebrows. That’s pretty darn horrid, too. Twitter: @petulad |
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| Payback | Jan 29 2015, 02:39 PM Post #728 |
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roversy UVA sororities denounce 'sexist' frat party ban TODAY The president of the University of Virginia responded on Thursday to a letter in which national sorority leaders encouraged women to skip fraternity parties this weekend to protect their "safety and well-being." President Teresa A. Sullivan said she has confidence that students can exercise good judgment and consider each other's safety. The letter from sorority leaders was widely criticized, with some students saying that the request treated them as untrustworthy and suggested women are inferior. Sullivan said it was a matter between national sorority organizations and their local chapters. But she said she resists "any implication that UVA students are somehow deserving of special admonition." http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uva-president-teresa-sullivan-weighs-frat-party-controversy-n295976 The Virginia campus was roiled last year by a since-discredited Rolling Stone article describing a gang rape at a fraternity party. Sullivan pointed to safety guidelines adopted by UVA fraternities and sororities earlier this month. "We have confidence in our students' ability to use good judgment, be mindful of one another's safety" and follow their own safety practices, she said. IN-DEPTH Anger as Sorority Sisters Asked to Skip UVA Frat Parties for Their 'Safety and Well-Being' UVA Students Fight What Some Call a 'Sexist Mandate' — Katie Wall and Erin McClam First published January 29th 2015, 6:50 am |
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| Payback | Jan 29 2015, 02:40 PM Post #729 |
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uva-president-teresa-sullivan-weighs-frat-party-controversy-n295976 The president of the University of Virginia responded on Thursday to a letter in which national sorority leaders encouraged women to skip fraternity parties this weekend to protect their "safety and well-being." President Teresa A. Sullivan said she has confidence that students can exercise good judgment and consider each other's safety. The letter from sorority leaders was widely criticized, with some students saying that the request treated them as untrustworthy and suggested women are inferior. Sullivan said it was a matter between national sorority organizations and their local chapters. But she said she resists "any implication that UVA students are somehow deserving of special admonition." The Virginia campus was roiled last year by a since-discredited Rolling Stone article describing a gang rape at a fraternity party. Sullivan pointed to safety guidelines adopted by UVA fraternities and sororities earlier this month. "We have confidence in our students' ability to use good judgment, be mindful of one another's safety" and follow their own safety practices, she said. — Katie Wall and Erin McClam Edited by Payback, Jan 29 2015, 02:41 PM.
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| abb | Jan 29 2015, 03:56 PM Post #730 |
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/01/29/uva_sorority_sisters_banned_from_frat_parties_by_national_chapters.html UVA Sorority Sisters Banned From Frat Parties to Punish Them for Being Potential Rape Victims Jan. 29 2015 12:28 PM By Amanda Marcotte Spring semester is underway, and there are a lot of eyes on how rush season is going for the Greeks at the University of Virginia after the school was the subject of a massive Rolling Stone piece on campus rape back in November. That story has since been discredited, but larger questions about women's safety in the fraternity system still linger on campus. Jezebel's Jia Tolentino published a lengthy feature Wednesday on UVA rush season and found a mixed bag. On the one hand, last year's "achingly sincere" student response to the rape problem has "dissipated into the air." On the other hand, "Nearly all the frats voluntarily signed a new agreement to operate under a new set of rules: no kegs, no liquor unless under strict conditions, accessible food and bottled water, three sober brothers, outside security, a guest list." It's a step in the right direction, though, as Tolentino notes, what really needs to happen to fight rape in the fraternity system is a cultural shift for more "nformal community policing." The "most practical idea I heard all weekend" comes from a sorority sister, she writes: ""Make it a taboo for frat boys to hook up with blackout girls." Tell them it's to protect them from women "crying rape," if that's what it takes to make them think twice. One strategy to prevent rape during UVA rush is shaping up to be a total disaster. As the Washington Post reports, "Sorority sisters at the University of Virginia were ordered by their national chapters to avoid fraternity events this weekend — a mandate that many of the women said was irrational, sexist and contrary to the school’s culture." There's a lot of variety in how the sororities are trying to pull their women away from the fraternity parties. Some are threatening fines and other penalties if sisters are caught going to bid parties at frats this weekend. Others "are planning mandatory in-house retreats that night, to avoid any risk of inadvertently violating the rule." Some have gone so over-the-top that they are banning sisters from going to any event where fraternity brothers might be, including the UVA versus Duke basketball game scheduled for Saturday. Locking up women as if they are the ones causing rape merely by existing is not the way to handle the problem of sexual assault. Not only is it wildly unfair—why should those who haven't done anything wrong be punished?—it also shows a complete lack of understanding of the causes of rape and what it will take to fight it. Rape is, at its core, an act of male dominance over women (and sometimes over other men). You're not going to undermine a culture of male dominance by treating women like a lower class that needs to be locked up and controlled while the men run free. Plus, if a rape does happen, it just sets up the victim to be blamed for not following the rules like a proper little lady. Luckily, the students themselves appear to get this. The Washington Post collected their responses, which are resoundingly negative. "To live in 2015 and be told that you can’t leave your house because you’re a female?," senior Story Hinckley told the Post. "I thought I was hearing it wrong, to be honest." Junior Erin Dyer agreed: "I don’t understand where or when I signed up for an organization that encouraged women to hide from men." “This was decided by national presidents who are in their mid-50s and live in Indianapolis,” Hinckley told the Post dismissively. She has a point. Clearly, a lot has changed since these national presidents were in college. Nowadays, you have sisters who can spout feminist theory just as easily as they sing their school fight songs, and they aren't about to let rape be an excuse to put them under lock and key. |
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| abb | Jan 30 2015, 05:35 AM Post #731 |
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http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/01/29/quick_hits_page UVA Sorority Sisters Ordered to Stay Home Saturday Night for Their Own Safety RUSH: Okay, I've got a Stack of Women's Stuff. It's destructive, it's absurd what the left is doing to our women, folks. It really is. It is an absolute outrage that the feminazis, feminist studies, all this stuff is being done, and the way it's affecting our women and the way that is affecting our men who do want to interact. It's an attack on the culture. I'll give you some examples here from The Daily Caller. "It's not enough to punish men for things they haven't done. Women must be kept away from men, for their own good, because of the crimes those men haven't committed. This isn't happening in Saudi Arabia or some other third-world hellhole. This is happening right here. Susan Svrluga, WaPo: 'Sorority sisters at the University of Virginia were ordered by their national chapters to avoid fraternity events this weekend -- a mandate that many of the women said was irrational, sexist and contrary to the school's culture... "'There are 16 sororities on UVa's campus that are part of the National Pan-Hellenic Conference, with more than 2,000 members, according to the campus Inter-Sorority Council. The NPC can come to "unanimous agreements" among its national presidents that are binding on local chapters and their members... At some UVa chapters in recent days, students described mandatory emergency meetings with representatives from their national chapter telling them they risked suspension, fines and other penalties if any of them attended bid night parties,'" at fraternities. "All because of a fraudulent story..." This is still fallout from that fake rape story in Rolling Stone magazine. This is feminism going backwards like you cannot believe. Let me sum this up for you. The heads of the national sorority organization, this National Pan-Hellenic Council, have threatened University of Virginia women to stay away from boys because there was a fake rape allegation that was made public and since retracted in Rolling Stone. It goes right to the overall agenda of these feminists. Trust me: The national sororities are run by these people, and they seek to scare women away from men while making men scared to look at a girl. I mean, it's incredible what's happening. They are telling women -- and it's always been the case. It's just being ramped up now. "Men are predators. Men are rapists. There's a rape culture on campus! It happens all the time. Men are doing it. You are to stay away from it. You are to avoid men. It's the only way to avoid being raped." Wait a minute. That story wasn't true! "It doesn't matter that the story was fake. There is still a rape culture. The story was valuable because it pointed out the rape culture." "But wait a minute. It was made up. The story didn't happen. There was no rape. The Rolling Stone article was as wrong as anything could be." "Doesn't matter," say the feminists. "The story was valuable because it portrayed what really exists as a culture. This one instance might not have been right, but that doesn't discount the truth that there's a rape culture out there." So these women in sororities are being ordered by the people that run the sororities not to go to any bid nights. No sororities, no partying with men, or you'll get raped. By the same token, men... This has an impact on men, too. Men think, "Wait a minute, all I gotta do is look the wrong way and I'm gonna get a rape charge." This is real. What this is about is power: Who has power over your life, who gets to tell you what you should think and what you should feel and what you should do and what you should say. Who gets to decide who you can and cannot associate with? If you happen to be a sorority sister a UVa it's the National Pan-Hellenic Council that's telling you what you should think, how you should feel, what you should do, and what you should say. You don't get to decide this. Here's the petition that these... Now, see? Here's what I'm faced with. You people don't know this, because I don't often share this with you. I'm giving you a serious of a very, very rotten thing happening on college campi, and I'm being laughed at on the other side of the glass by people who think, "This is so crazy. Nobody's gonna believe this." So I am being made to feel like I'm wasting your time. "This is so stupid. This is foolish." But I'm not gonna be dissuaded by it, 'cause I'm gonna keep going. Listen to this. Here's the petition that sorority women are backing. "Instead of addressing rape and sexual assault at UVa, this mandate perpetuates the idea that women are inferior, sexual objects. It is degrading to Greek women, as it appears that the NPC views us as defenseless and UVa's new fraternal policies as invalid. Allowing the [sorority head honchos] to prevent us from celebrating (what used to be) a tight-knit community, sends the message that we are weak." The women are rejecting it. The sorority sisters are telling the feminist leaders to go to hell, and they are exactly right. These women are finally getting it. They figured out what's going on. The feminist leaders are looking at other women as helpless, weak, incompetent, incapable. They're too stupid to avoid men that will rape them. They're too stupid to avoid men that will hurt them. They're too stupid to avoid situations where they will be put at risk. It's just the way leftists look at everybody. It doesn't matter if it's a bunch of women organizations, or whether it's the Democrat Party looking at the poor, or the Democrat Party looking at the middle class. The thing that's interesting here is that the sorority members at UVa, some of them, are rebelling against this. Now, here's the original story from the Washington Post. It's by this Susan Svrluga. I'm not gonna read the whole thing to you. Don't sweat it. I'm just gonna read the highlights. "UVA Sorority Sisters Ordered to Stay Home Saturday Night for Their Own Safety..." Now, keep in mind this is all because of a fake rape story in Rolling Stone. It's all because of a story that never happened, and the people know it didn't happen, but that doesn't matter to them. The fact that it didn't happen and yet was reported on is all the evidence they need to prove that there is a rape culture on campus. And there isn't. Just like cops are not shooting innocent 18-year-old blacks every day, women are not being raped on campus in droves every day, every weekend, every whatever. But the leaders of feminism, and the leaders of the civil rights community want everybody to think that both of those things are happening. It gives them the opportunity to control, to dictate, and it also gives them the opportunity to essentially shape the kind of people they want to control: Defenseless, helpless, incompetent, or what have you. "Sorority sisters at the University of Virginia were ordered by their national chapters to avoid fraternity events this weekend -- a mandate that many of the women said was irrational, sexist and contrary to the school's culture. It's not about one night of parties, several students said, but about their ability to make their own choices. And they're not taking that lightly. "The rule came after a traumatic fall semester in Charlottesville, including the violent death of a student and now-discredited allegations of a gang rape at a UVa fraternity. Both forced a thorough examination of campus safety, drinking culture and Greek life. The university administration just days ago lifted a suspension of fraternity and sorority activities that came in the wake of the [fake] allegations, a break that the university community used to have a broad discussion about student safety in the Greek system." Something that did not happen has spawned brand-new, massive regulations and restrictions and sensitivity training seminars and broad discussions on student safety. Something that did not happen! A crisis is a terrible thing to waste. Even though it didn't happen, the leaders are then permitted (or permit themselves) to have seminars and sensitivity training sessions on the concept that men are rapists, that that's their natural state, that they are predators, and that you women are not capable of defending yourself. (summarized) "You're not qualified to recognize it, you're not good enough to withstand it, and the leadership of the university is not strong enough in punishing it. So we are just going to separate you from men from now on. That's the only way you can be safe." Now the men who are not even part of this but hear about it, think, "Okay, the women are not permitted to be around us." The men then think, "Look, nobody wants to be dragged into a rape charge, particularly a fake one in Rolling Stone." So how do you avoid that? You avoid women, and beyond that you avoid going to college, which is also happening. I'm telling you, the destructive things, many of the destructive things that are happening to our culture across the spectrum are rooted in these places that you are spending $20,000/$25,000 a year (in some cases semester) to send your kids to for education: Universities. I mean, it's just incredible. |
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| abb | Jan 30 2015, 05:38 AM Post #732 |
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http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2015/01/29/vanderbilt-students-talk-sex-campus-event/22561215/ Vanderbilt to have sex workshop week after verdict Adam Tamburin, atamburin@tennessean.com 9:13 p.m. CST January 29, 2015 Students at Vanderbilt University are using provocative words and imagery to encourage their peers to talk about sex on campus. The students, who are working as peer sex educators in the Vandy SexEd program, are sponsoring a workshop next week called "How to be Brilliant in Bed." Posters advertising the event show a woman wielding a large ruler and promise "a crash course in sexy sex ed" that is "great for everyone from sexual novices to full-blown sexperts." But Molly Corn, a Vanderbilt senior and peer sex educator who is helping to plan the event, said the racy poster is meant to draw students into a discussion on hooking up, consent and alcohol. Corn hopes talking about sex will make her peers "comfortable with making their own decisions as they see fit." Corn, who also is a member of the student newspaper staff and an on-campus feminist group, said the students had no idea the event would fall a week after the guilty verdicts in a high-profile rape case against two former Commodore football players. Students began planning for the event in November. It was initially scheduled for March but was moved to Feb. 3 because it conflicted with another event, according to a statement from Pat Helland, associate dean in the Office of the Dean of Students. In her statement, Helland said the focus of the event is "to help students make healthy and safe choices about sexuality." Although she has been closely following the case of the June 2013 on-campus rape involving four former football players, Corn said she didn't initially consider the event's proximity to the verdicts for Cory Batey and Brandon Vandenburg, which came late Tuesday afternoon. "We generally do not think of sex and rape in the same category at all," she said. "We're going to have to figure out how to best explain this." The group is bringing in a professional sexuality educator to lead the workshop. Vanderbilt also will hold a week of programming surrounding sex education and healthy relationships in March. "I don't think that the rape case with the (former) football players is in any way a gray area," Corn said. However, "there are still some gray areas that people are working out in their heads." "Bringing sexuality into open conversations as opposed to it being something that you don't talk about makes the gray areas a little easier to work through." Reach Adam Tamburin at 615-726-5986 and on Twitter @tamburintweets. |
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| abb | Jan 30 2015, 05:44 AM Post #733 |
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http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2015/01/university-questions-npc-boys-bid-night-decision University, Greek community members question Boys' Bid Night ban JMU student attendance prohibited by Ella Shoup and Katie Grimesey | Jan 29 2015 | 6 hours ago nsmadbowlmvaughn Mitchell Vaughn | The Cavalier Daily University President Teresa Sullivan released a statement Thursday in response to the National Panhellenic Conference’s request that University chapters not participate in the 2015 Boys’ Bid Night. Sullivan said the University did not participate in making the request. "The University was not involved in this decision,” the statement reads. “We would resist any implication that U.Va. students are somehow deserving of special admonition. To the contrary, students at U.Va. have lived up to our tradition of student self-governance. Our student leaders in the Greek community recently spent several weeks developing thoughtful enhanced safety practices for their members and guests.” Members of the Greek community continue to express concern about the decision-making process and the implications of the request. Phi Kappa Psi brother Alexander Miles, a second-year College student, said the request was “politically driven” and could be a precedent for future action anticipating significant University community events. “There’s already a media spotlight on U.Va. because of everything that happened in the fall and people want to see action being made,” Miles said. “Boys’ Bid Night is seen as a high risk night, so from their point of view, if they ban girls from going out, they are preventing any possible issues from arising. I'm worried though; using this logic I feel like they could apply it to any weekend of the year: Foxfields, fourth-year fifth, et cetera.” A fourth-year sorority member who asked to remain anonymous also said she is worried about the message the request sends to the newest members of the University Greek system and about perpetuating gender stereotypes. “[The request] sends the message that men will be men and women should just coop up in their chapter houses, far away from danger,” she said in an email. “We’re not even allowed to go celebrate with our friends as individuals. … Not to mention, [it’s] perpetuating the idea that responsibility for safety be inequitably distributed between males and females.” Though the student said the NPC did not make the decision lightly, she said they excluded University chapters from the conversation and overlooked recent fraternity reforms. “All Greek organizations worked together to revise their own FOAs, implementing rules that were meant to help mitigate risk,” she said. “Countless hours were spent by tireless, dedicated student leaders. This NPC ruling is telling us our administration-approved rules aren’t good enough and as individuals; they don’t trust us to handle ourselves and those around us.” Others were similarly concerned with the way the NPC request portrays fraternities. Second-year Engineering student Will Rupp, vice president of Sigma Phi Society, said the request is a “slap in the face” and demonstrates the NPC’s lack of trust in the Greek Community and rejection of the new FOAs. “I think the whole thing is absolutely ridiculous,” Rupp said. “[The NPC is] using these students as pawns in the national headlight, and there is an ongoing attack and deterioration of the Greek life in this country, and it’s sad that we have to be a part of it.” NPC chapters at James Madison University were also asked to not participate in Bid Night activities. JMU sophomore Caitlin Jaeckel, an Alpha Delta Pi member, said chapter members were told they were not allowed to travel to the University under any circumstance. “There are rumors that U.Va. frats are trying to bus JMU sororities over for the weekend,” Jaeckel said. “Our Panel heard, and I believe, has banned any sorority members to attend U.Va. frat parties this weekend.” Destiny Savage, coordinator for fraternity and sorority life at JMU, said her office is working to aid the University’s efforts to support both schools’ Greek communities. “We are working with U.Va.’s fraternity and sorority life office just where our policies are similar,” Savage said. “Just to make sure that we’re reinforcing messages that they’ve been sending out as an office.” The University said it remains committed to its Greek community, and Sullivan’s statement said the administration is confident in the University Greek community’s efforts to move forward from the tumultuous events of the fall semester. "We have confidence in our students’ ability to use good judgment,” the statement said, “[to] be mindful of one another’s safety and adhere to the new safety practices developed by them and outlined in the recently revised Fraternal Organization Agreements.” |
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| Quasimodo | Jan 30 2015, 08:50 AM Post #734 |
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That's the idea; feminism is simply anti-male.
And they likely are so narrowly-focused that they don't even notice the irony of endorsing hook-up culture and free sex at the same time... |
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| Quasimodo | Jan 30 2015, 09:16 AM Post #735 |
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