“The University has amended the sanctions against Phi Kappa Psi announced Jan. 19, allowing the fraternity’s members to petition the University for recognition beginning in May 2017, wrote Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, and Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, executive vice president for planning and policy, in a community-wide email Saturday. The change follows the revelation that evidence previously thought to definitively indicate that a student had ingested the date-rape drug GHB at an October party held by the fraternity is, in fact, inconclusive, Carey and Klawunn wrote.”
“To date, the Brown University administration has suggested that we (the fraternity) should not publicly release any details in order to be treated as cooperative,’’ the letter reads. “At this point, if our goal is to inform the restructuring of policies and related procedures on campus, we believe it is vitally important that anonymized evidence be made public.”
Among the “omitted facts” of the case, according to the fraternity's letter:
— The female student who the university reported last November had tested positive for GHB was “sexually assaulted that evening by an individual with no relation whatsoever to Phi Psi or any of its members;”
— The test “secured by Brown” did not distinguish between natural levels of GHB in the body and artificial levels;
— Two separate medical experts examined the test and “conclusively determined that in no way does it indicate ingestion of GHB.”
Finally, the letter states that “it is our understanding that the individual accused of sexual assault has been allowed to remain on campus by Brown.”
I thought he would have waited until after he had his diploma. . . I guess graduation’s going to be quite a spectacle: Paul, Emma, the mattress and a zillion reporters. Too bad for the other students and their families.
That’s probably what makes this the right time to sue, which is likely what his attorney believes. More bad press for Columbia,which actually has (had?) a history of ignoring bad press back in the day. They usually won lawsuits brought by students.
