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In reply to the discussion: Dismissed Vanderbilt football players indicted for rape [View all]CincyDem
(7,406 posts)31. Campus conversation is...
...the unrelated security incident mentioned in the article was a fire on that floor of Gillette Hall several days later. In reviewing the hallway video tapes to understand possible causes, the security guys found this.
...the "compelling and unsettling" aspect (aside from the sheer horriffic act itself) was that the alleged activity was not confined to the room and some portion of the alleged activity occurred on the video.
...campus security notified the athletic department and Nashville Metro concurrently.
I've got three daughters and couldn't agree more with your closing line.
One went through USC in LA and they have an absolutely terrible campus reputation of sweeping this sort of stuff under the rug. (What other school would even utter the phrase "it wasn't really rape because the alleged assailant didn't have an orgasm"...WTF???)
We now have one at Vandy (in the same class as these guys) and as terrible as this is, I'm glad to see the school stepping up on the right side of the law here as well as making several changes in visiting and RA monitoring programs. I sure hope that last part of the campus conversation about notifying metro is right.
Note: not a post of "facts", just the consistent story throughout campus among the class of 2016.
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It's a shameful fact that cover-ups of this sort of crime have been going on for decades.
radicalliberal
Aug 2013
#1
The type of person who does these sort of things has brought me to feelings of hot, purple rage.
BlueJazz
Aug 2013
#2
colour me surprised that the university actually appears to have acted in a fairly timely manner
niyad
Aug 2013
#4
Yes, to the chagrin of the dark (cover up) lords among U.S. - there ARE decent administrators
laserhaas
Aug 2013
#14
Fret not dear victim "abbeyco" - for the "dump your life [anxiety]" stuff upon U.S.
laserhaas
Aug 2013
#15
there are not enough words to thank you for your courage, your determination, and your desire
niyad
Aug 2013
#20
Thanks for your story and work. It is sorely needed. All women know and live this.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#33
Football players and rape. Who would have thought school jocks would end up doing that? Me!
L0oniX
Aug 2013
#9
I imagine many small minds believe we despise only that which we may fail to achieve...
LanternWaste
Aug 2013
#24
Oh, you mean nonathletic boys are never lumped together in a bigoted fashion by small minds?
radicalliberal
Aug 2013
#35
It's a common line used by people who condone bullying in mandatory P.E.
radicalliberal
Aug 2013
#36
Typical response, isn't it? It's a cliche to be expected. Like a knee-jerk reflex.
radicalliberal
Aug 2013
#37
I did have misgivings about posting the image of the parrot, as I don't want to hurt anyone's . . .
radicalliberal
Aug 2013
#39
I long for the day when honor and consideration of one's fellow man/woman kind;
laserhaas
Aug 2013
#18
Rush would call this a frat house prank so forget it. Like he did Abu Graif. Good work, laserhaas.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#32
I must apologize for being TOO busy and not being here to thank more of you for commenting.
laserhaas
Aug 2013
#40