UVA Fraternities Refuse To Sign New Agreement

UVA Fraternities Refuse To Sign New Agreement | The Daily Caller
Two University of Virginia fraternities are refusing to agree to a new set of rules governing fraternity parties, arguing that the new requirements are based on a lie.

“The University violated the previous FAO [Fraternal Operating Agreement] as well as student individual and organizational rights,” the two fraternities, Kappa Alpha Order and Alpha Tau Omega, wrote in similarly-worded letters on Tuesday.

“The system-wide suspension, which was initiated for reasons that were found to be untrue, unfairly punished all members of fraternities and sororities,” the letters continued.

The fraternities are referring to UVA president Teresa Sullivan’s blanket suspension of all Greek-life activity on Nov. 22, days after the publication of a Rolling Stone article which reported claims made by a student named Jackie who said that in Sept. 2012 she was gang-raped by seven members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Jackie’s claims have been all but completely debunked, however. Jackie has not publicly admitted she fabricated the claim, but several friends of Jackie’s have come forward claiming that she changed her story numerous times. There is also strong evidence that she fabricated a UVA student she claimed she went on a date with the night of the alleged rape. The Phi Kappa Psi member Jackie claims coordinated her gang-rape also appears not to have existed.