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Billy: Well me and my friends were out last night trying to cover up the elicit activities of our frat, and I left it at the crime scene.
Teacher: Well after it is bagged, tagged and processed at the crime lab make sure I get it. Although I will have to take points off for it not being in on time. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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This is what happens when you FEED HIM SCRAMBLED EGGS. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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A while later he found my mom on myspace and sent her inappropriate messages!
Ended that and never looked back #fraternitynewspapertheft
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How is that not persecution? #fraternitynewspapertheft
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If it comforts you at all, it seems like the AZ police aren't going to pursue the victim's allegations against Phi Kappa Psi. May your head rest easy this night. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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Not investigating the possibility of a woman being drugged is hardly equivalent to persecution, especially, as Pandora says above, not in relation to wider issues of sexual violence against women. It sounds a lot more like "a free pass" to me.
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I think it's something they just need to acknowledge they have to deal with when they decide to join. If you don't want the "guilt by association," then perhaps you shouldn't associate. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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I have no problem with one report, one accusation ruining the reputation of the organisation. This problem might be solved easier if they stopped sexually assaulting women, instead of trying to silence them when they share their stories. Just a suggestion. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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It's the same reason a lot of people are so put off by, say, the Black Panthers, or radical feminists. One sees the great anger these groups express and thinks they're being unfair. Not all white people are racists! Not all men are misogynysts! But that's not the point and never was. These groups contend that there is a systemic apparatus of violence and inequality that transcends individuals. And so it is with fraternities. It might not be the case that every fraternity is a shithole and not every frat boy is a raging douchebag, but frat culture is such that misogyny / racism / violence elements often thrive and are a more or less accepted part of the status quo. So what we rail against is frat culture, not frat boys. Frat boys may or may not be a part of frat culture. I don't really give a fuck how many decent guys you know in frats. I know many myself. It doesn't change the fact that the propensity for pretty odious misogyny is there. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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She saw him as a scape goat, and his reputation was ruined. He was kicked out of the frat and ended up transferring out of that University.
Although I'm obviously not arguing for rape or against victim's rights, I think we often jump to conclusions and immediately defend the "victim" when we don't know the whole story. Not to say in this case that she was not actually assaulted, but that sometimes in the end we may find out that the accused is actually the victim.
Just sayin... #fraternitynewspapertheft
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Oh. Wait. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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The culture at the U of A is one that supports sexist behavior towards women, and this is something that I recognized long before this incident. Numerous times through out the year, in national articles (like Playboy) and in our own newspaper (The Daily Wildcat) comments from male students about choosing this school because of the scant amount of clothing (due to the weather) women wear through out the year.
Woman's issue are not taken seriously on this campus and reoccurring instances of women/women violence keeps happenings. Since last year when a student gave birth in her dorm and put her baby in the garbage, or several years ago when one female Native American student killed another Native student in her dorm room, I feel the university could do more to prevent these types of occurrences. The university has responded to these attacks on women by cutting funding to the Woman's Resource Center and continuing to charge a lot of money to see a counselor on campus.
I could go on about this, but it would just turn into a 10 page rant about the University slashing funding for the Woman's Resource Center, resources for student of colors, and the newly established lecture classes of 1,200 people. Phew. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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I do hope that UAPD can actually help the victim of the original crime get some justice, even if the Greek system only gets a wrist slap for the theft. #fraternitynewspapertheft
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The actual raping and dying and crimes weren't a problem as much as the image issues, I guess.
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:) #fraternitynewspapertheft
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