In Kindergarten (note the German word) it is mandatory that you learn that the only good Jew is an Israel-hating Jew, because Israel creates terrorism and because of George Bush, terrorists want to blow up the school (and they vote Republican, because Republicans hate education like Boko Haram).
The cat is alive and dead and eating and p00ping and sharpening his claws on your leg and the furniture and hawking up hairballs . . . because he's just that goddamn telented is why.
They did not ignore them, they investigated their friends and found nothing wrong was going on, just like Rolling Stone did nothing wrong, they merely printed a story that everyone "knows" is true, when you see Frat brothers, it's hands up, don't rape...
I remember trying to tell that to a guy who explained to me that everyone was going to buy a 50-cal and take up 1000-yard sniping and that no gummint official was safe ever again. Based on the Stoned, of course.
What a fucking load of tripe!!!
UVA has a law school, so that's an awful lot of suits on retainer to bring to bear.
I'll bet that in the very top echelons of UVA, the thought is still that the story was true and goes on every weekend, so there will be a push back against any suit and the topic will become a tenure litmus test.