Rolling Stone article on sexual assault at UVa

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Applications to UVa drop for the first time in 12 years, being linked to the RS story:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-15/uva-applications-drop-in-wake-of-now-discredited-gang-rape-story.html

The number of applicants for the class of 2019 fell 0.7 percent to 31,107, the Charlottesville-based school said in a statement. It was the first decline since 2002.

Early applications to UVA increased 7.5 percent to 16,187. The deadline for the submissions was Nov. 1, well before the Rolling Stone article was published.

“There is no supporting data at this time to indicate the possible reasons for the slight decrease in overall applications,” Anthony de Bruyn, a university spokesman, said in an e-mail.