Sober Monitors.

 

Fraternities and sororities at the University of Virginia must now have "sober monitors" at their parties and beer kegs and mixed drinks will be forbidden, according to new rules decreed by University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan.

Sullivan said that all recognized social groups must sign an agreement before Jan. 16 pledging to follow the new rules. Only then, she said, will the university lift the ban on parties that was put in place in response to a November 2014 Rolling Stone Magazine article about an alleged lack of response by the university to sexual assaults.

The Rolling Stone article centered on a woman named “Jackie” . But the veracity of Jackie's allegations have since been questioned and the magazine was criticized for poor fact checking.

Many of the rules are ideas that have been implemented at other schools throughout the country.  The guidelines would apply to all 700 social organizations on campus, not just fraternities and sororities.

More safer for the students, though not all of them may like it. Just a thought.