U-Va. sorority sisters ordered to stay home Saturday night for their own safety

Washington Post ^ | January 27, 2015 | Susan Svrluga

[C19fan]

Sorority sisters at the University of Virginia were ordered by their national chapters to avoid fraternity events this weekend — a mandate that many of the women said was irrational, sexist and contrary to the school’s culture.

It’s not about one night of parties, several students said, but about their ability to make their own choices.

And they’re not taking that lightly.

The rule came after a traumatic fall semester in Charlottesville, including the violent death of a student and now-discredited allegations of a gang rape at a U-Va. fraternity. Both forced a thorough examination of campus safety, drinking culture and Greek life.

[ArcadeQuarters]

They need to be protected from fake events.

[Soul of the South]

“A UVa co-ed was murdered by a vagrant.”

Actually the prime suspect in the kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder of the UVA coed is an African American male who at the time was employed by the University of Virginia Medical Center in the hospital operating room.

News reports indicate the suspect, Jessie Matthew, previously attended Liberty University where he was a student athlete. He left Liberty after a hushed up incident in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a student. He then attended Christopher Newport University where he was also accused of a sexual assault. The suspect in the UVA coed’s kidnapping and death is also accused of a rape in Fairfax County, Virginia, where his trial is scheduled for March 2015, and is a suspect in the rape and murder of a Virginia Tech student a couple of years ago. So far he has not been charged with the UVA and Virginia Tech murders.

Since the discovery of Ms. Graham’s body, after a 30 day search, the national media has lost interest in the case.

[CorporateStepsister]

“I’m not saying that being careful means that nothing bad will ever happen,”

Of course; bad things happen to the most cautious and no one is to blame if they are raped or attacked in another way.

“but the chances are greatly lessened.”

Exactly. Getting drunk beyond your control I do think also lessens a man’s view of you. It NEVER justifies rape, but really, what is a man supposed to think if you have a complete lack of respect for yourself?

[USNBandit]

For all the people that bad mouth cops as being lazy, I saw first hand how the police in that area found that poor girl's body. It was by going back to all the places they went before. It all boiled down to pure hard work and perseverance. The reason they could hold the suspect as long as they did was that the department in the northern part of the state had done all its homework on an unsolved case, and the detective kept in touch with the victim who had moved back to India.

They may not nail this guy for all the crimes he committed, but he won't be free again, ever.

[dandiegirl]

These people putting out all of these silly, ridiculous mandates have wild imaginations about what goes on in the Greek life. They never participated so they imagine all sorts of wild, drunk, sex escapades that never happen. Secretly they all wish they had been a Greek and are seeking revenge for not making the cut.

[riverdawg]

Interestingly, it was a volunteer group of LEOs from Chesterfield County, near Richmond, IIRC, that found the body. They searched an area that local law enforcement has previously searched but had lost interest in.