Kept in the Dark: Documents Show that University of Oregon Failed to Disclose Reports of Possible Date-Rape Druggings at Two Fraternity Parties.

The University of Oregon concealed reports of druggings at two fraternity parties in early 2024, even as UO officials faced criticism for failing to issue timely warnings to students that several women had been drugged while attending Greek events. Doug Fierberg, founder of [The] Fierberg National Law Group, which represents survivors of school violence, says the discovery of the two additional druggings underscores UO officials’ failure to warn students. “For the university to continue concealing serious risks from students reflects a shocking disregard for their health and safety,” he says. “The university has significant control over fraternities, their members and dangerous misconduct by both, enough so that it can and should eliminate these risks immediately and warn students.” “Parents and students should be pounding on the front doors of the university to tell them the truth about Greek life, the organizations that have been roofieing students and to demand full exposure of information so the women coming to campus can protect themselves,” Fierberg says. “And I mean pounding on the front doors.”