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The Georgetown Voice | By - Anonymous CW: Sexual violence, institutional betrayal While Betsy DeVos has hurt nearly all students during her time as Secretary of Education, this letter will only address the impact DeVos has had on survivors of sexual violence in colleges and universities. Furthermore, the academic institution...
Continue ReadingDue to continued violations of previously announced reforms to its Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) system, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania announced they will begin immediate disaffiliation with four recognized FSL student organizations that have incurred infractions since Dec. 2, 2019. The disaffiliation will be effective at the beginning of the...
Continue ReadingBefore she resigned, 17 states sued Betsy DeVos arguing that the Title IX Final Rule is unlawful. These states contend that the rule makes it harder for schools to deter sexual harassment, protect students, and provide safe and equitable school environments. Title IX attorney Cari Simon of The Fierberg National...
Continue ReadingThe New York Times | Anemona Hartocollis | January 11, 2021 It began as a night of drinking and flirtation between two Columbia University classmates four years ago. It turned into a federal lawsuit with unusually detailed documentation. And now it has ended in a settlement that underscores the contentiousness...
Continue ReadingThe high-volume drug deals at some fraternity houses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were so brazen that Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said an investigation into the network “kind of came to us.” “It unfolded unlike any other case I’ve seen in my 40 years of...
Continue ReadingThe Grand Valley State University student whose body was found over the weekend has been identified as Taylor DeRosa, a first-year student from Royal Oak, college officials said Tuesday. University police and the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office are continuing their investigation into the 18-year-old's death, calling it "suspicious." Her body...
Continue ReadingLSU’s leaders' atrocious, life-threatening blunders have blown up in their faces recently following the USA Today article, the Supreme Court’s rejection to provide them immunity from taking responsibility for Max Gruver’s death and now — almost comically — the locally beloved LSU Tigers exhibit the ultimate hubris with a “self-imposed”...
Continue ReadingPi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order has been suspended for four years because of repeated hazing and alcohol violations, according to the University of Tennessee, who said the chapter was notified Friday morning. The suspension of the fifth-oldest chapter on campus will remain in effect until Spring 2025. “Working closely...
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request from LSU to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the family of Max Gruver, who died in 2017 after a night of hazing and forced alcohol consumption at his fraternity house. LSU attorneys had asked the Supreme Court to review a...
Continue ReadingSo what does this mean? The denial means the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling stands (and is stronger, given that the Supreme Court declined to review it). It also means that LSU finally has to defend itself in the trial court. It also means that no other university will...
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