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| U-Va. board leader denounces ‘drive-by journalism’ of Rolling Stone’s rape article | U-Va. board leader denounces ‘drive-by journalism’ of Rolling Stone’s rape article |
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| The leader of the University of Virginia’s governing board on Friday denounced Rolling Stone magazine for an article on an alleged gang rape at U-Va. that he likened to a drive-by assault. | The leader of the University of Virginia’s governing board on Friday denounced Rolling Stone magazine for an article on an alleged gang rape at U-Va. that he likened to a drive-by assault. |
| “Like a neighborhood thrown into chaos by drive-by violence, our tightly knit community has experienced the full fury of drive-by journalism in the 21st century,” U-Va. Rector George Keith Martin said at a meeting of the Board of Visitors in Charlottesville. | “Like a neighborhood thrown into chaos by drive-by violence, our tightly knit community has experienced the full fury of drive-by journalism in the 21st century,” U-Va. Rector George Keith Martin said at a meeting of the Board of Visitors in Charlottesville. |
| Martin spoke exactly one month after publication of an article that sent shock waves through the U-Va. community, with its portrayal of a student whose account of rape at a fraternity house was met with official indifference. | Martin spoke exactly one month after publication of an article that sent shock waves through the U-Va. community, with its portrayal of a student whose account of rape at a fraternity house was met with official indifference. |
| In the past two weeks, the article has unraveled, with key elements of the gang-rape allegation falling into doubt and the magazine’s managing editor issuing an apology for discrepancies in the account and reporting omissions. | In the past two weeks, the article has unraveled, with key elements of the gang-rape allegation falling into doubt and the magazine’s managing editor issuing an apology for discrepancies in the account and reporting omissions. |
| In hindsight, Martin said Friday afternoon in a 15-minute address, it was the magazine that showed “callous indifference” to the truth and the consequences of its reporting. | In hindsight, Martin said Friday afternoon in a 15-minute address, it was the magazine that showed “callous indifference” to the truth and the consequences of its reporting. |
| Martin also offered a statement of regret to people at the prestigious public university he said were harmed by the article and its aftermath. | Martin also offered a statement of regret to people at the prestigious public university he said were harmed by the article and its aftermath. |
| At a previous board meeting, on Nov. 25, the rector had expressed “our collective sorrow” to survivors of sexual assault at the university. | At a previous board meeting, on Nov. 25, the rector had expressed “our collective sorrow” to survivors of sexual assault at the university. |
| “Let me begin today by expressing our collective sorrow also for the students, the student affairs professionals, the fraternities and the countless others on [campus] who have been wronged — wrongly maligned and traumatized by the Rolling Stone article and the reaction to it,” Martin said Friday. “We are sorry.” | “Let me begin today by expressing our collective sorrow also for the students, the student affairs professionals, the fraternities and the countless others on [campus] who have been wronged — wrongly maligned and traumatized by the Rolling Stone article and the reaction to it,” Martin said Friday. “We are sorry.” |
| Rolling Stone spokeswoman Melissa Bruno declined to comment on Martin’s remarks. | |
| On Nov. 22, as the uproar over the article was mushrooming, U-Va. President Teresa A. Sullivan announced a suspension of social activities at fraternities and sororities until Jan. 9. National fraternity and sorority advocates in recent days have called on Sullivan to rescind the suspension. But the university has left it in place. Sullivan says she and student leaders of the Greek-letter organizations are working on reforms to bolster safety. The campus, known as the Grounds, is largely quiet now as students have finished first-semester exams and gone home for winter break. | On Nov. 22, as the uproar over the article was mushrooming, U-Va. President Teresa A. Sullivan announced a suspension of social activities at fraternities and sororities until Jan. 9. National fraternity and sorority advocates in recent days have called on Sullivan to rescind the suspension. But the university has left it in place. Sullivan says she and student leaders of the Greek-letter organizations are working on reforms to bolster safety. The campus, known as the Grounds, is largely quiet now as students have finished first-semester exams and gone home for winter break. |
| The board, meeting for the second time since the Rolling Stone article appeared, was scheduled to discuss in closed and open session various issues related to the article and to efforts to prevent sexual violence at U-Va. and to improve the campus culture. Martin pledged to make public as much as the law allows about what the board learns from an independent counsel’s review of sexual violence issues. | The board, meeting for the second time since the Rolling Stone article appeared, was scheduled to discuss in closed and open session various issues related to the article and to efforts to prevent sexual violence at U-Va. and to improve the campus culture. Martin pledged to make public as much as the law allows about what the board learns from an independent counsel’s review of sexual violence issues. |
| T. Rees Shapiro contributed to this report. | T. Rees Shapiro contributed to this report. |
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| U-Va. students challenge Rolling Stone account of alleged sexual assault | |
| U-Va. president vows reforms to campus safety, alcohol abuse, fraternities | |
| Key elements of Rolling Stone’s U-Va. gang rape allegations in doubt | |
| U-Va. president cancels D.C. news event | |
| How Rolling Stone failed in its story of alleged rape |