<p>@Mythmom-
1)Amherst does have off campus fraternities that are not regulated by the college since fraternities were banned there in the 1980’s.
2)As a parent of a collegiate athlete, your broad generalization regarding athletes is offensive as well as not supported by facts. Had you substituted any other campus group (you choose the group) there you would be vilified by many.
3)As a lawyer:
a) the legal issues here are complex and the college’s responses are taking that into account- for example, privacy laws, HIPA, Title IX
b) the statement with the author named Angie Epifano is just that a statement. Our country’s laws still operate under the aegis of “innocent until proven guilty” Various persons have already pointed out factual errors in the statement. Additionally, the author confirms the author’s own mental state raising additional questions.</p>
<p>4) SwatGrad, just because Amherst is openly engaging in these conversions does not mean other schools are not experiencing the same things (by the way have you read Triggered by Fletcher Worttman, also a Swat alum? Not a pleasant picture of the Swat social scene and also an account by a person self identifiying with a mental illness, so I take it with many grains of salt and recognize it as one person’s experience of Swarthmore which most probably is the exception rather than the rule
[Swarthmore</a> College :: Religion :: “Triggered” A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Fletcher Wortmann '09](<a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/religion/studentalumni-spotlights/fletcher-wortmann-triggered.xml]Swarthmore”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/religion/studentalumni-spotlights/fletcher-wortmann-triggered.xml) ).
5)Keep an eye on this case moving through the federal court system. It should have a good chance of overturning the recent federal regulations regarding Title IX compliance on college campuses which many believe are discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional [Holy</a> Cross expulsion challenged - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com](<a href=“http://www.telegram.com/article/20111127/NEWS/111279830/1101]Holy”>http://www.telegram.com/article/20111127/NEWS/111279830/1101)
Note that alcohol is a factor in this case, as it is in over 80% of campus sexual harassment reports.
After much observation of college campuses and students, many students arrive on campus without the life skill set to operate independently and, fueled by alcohol, engage in the hook up culture in an effort to fit in. Parents need to be as concerned with life skills as grades and extracurricular activities.</p>