Such Demands

@DunBoyer - you are a bit confused. If a felony has been committed you don’t need to worry about informing the university. You inform the police. You go to the hospital, you say you have been sexually assaulted, you make a statement including the name and/or description of the perp(s), the location, the time, etc. And you let them do their jobs. If there truly is a rash of assaults upon the female university students (funny - haven’t seen this one covered by parents discussing safety . . ) then it needs to be addressed through the proper parties. If not, it simply can’t be judged as anything else other than opinion or hearsay or gossip. There have been plenty of examples of wrongly accused students (many of whom have sued their universities for making unfounded and unjust judgements against them).

If some frats truly have a rape culture, there is a simple way to fix that through refusing to associate with those parties. Boycott the event. Protest and call the press. Exercise your right to speak out against the culture. Shine the light of day on what’s happening. As long as students are continuing to attend these parties, they are contributing to that rape culture.

That is, assuming there truly IS a rape culture. You see, it’s kind of hard to know, given that no one apparently feels like calling the cops. Odd.

Now, let’s suppose the university decides to get tough with the Greek system and mandates RSO status. What will happen? The frat will fold, the members will move to another location and hold the same parties, this time under completely private auspices. What will the university do then?

The students are smart enough - and should be mature enough - to put on their Big Boy pants and fix this issue themselves.