The answers to these questions are depressingly easy to surmise:
If this was a “drive by” as the Rector said, then why is the Frat still suspended? What is being reformed? Why is the victim being blamed?
— Aaron Gardner (@Aaron_RS) December 19, 2014
In order: Continue reading University of Virginia not letting a good (and false) crisis go to waste.
There is a technical term for the bolded part of this excerpt from The New Republic‘s otherwise laudable (no, really) look at the suddenly-problematical Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia*:
“If I had to guess what happened at UVA—and at this point, we can only guess (which is why we should not be passing judgment),” Wendy Kaminer, a civil libertarian and feminist who has written extensively on both rape and free speech on campus, emailed me, “I’d guess that the story is neither entirely fabricated nor entirely true, and, in any case, compels a real investigation by investigators with no stake in their findings.”
Continue reading Questions arise on Rolling Stone alleged gang rape at UVA story.
Shocking (please note that I am being sarcastic):
The University of Virginia said Wednesday that it will stop offering health insurance to some employees’ spouses because of rising costs under ObamaCare.
The university said the Affordable Care Act will add $7.3 million to its healthcare costs next year. It indicated that it could face additional costs in the future because of the law’s tax on especially generous insurance policies.
In an effort to cut costs, UVA’s healthcare benefits will no longer be available to some employees’ spouses.
Continue reading #Obamacare Watch: University of Virginia to cut spousal benefits.
