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Policy is one thing, but who enforces the policy? Unless someone on campus now can tell us, we don't know the answer. Obviously, without enforcement a policy is meaningless.

I do know at some universities, the police regularly do walk-thrus of registered fraternity events. At Stanford, no idea.

FWIW, the woman who was assaulted in her lengthy letter de-emphasized alcohol as a contributing factor, reacting to the letter from Turner that referenced alcohol repeatedly. I fully recognize that no one commenting in this thread is discounting the agency of Turner in committing this horrible crime, but I would again reference the woman's own powerful words as a reminder about who (not what) is responsible for this particular incident (and we can have another conversation on another forum about whether the criminal justice system should consider alcohol as a mitigating factor in deciding punishment for a crime such as this one):

Alcohol is not an excuse. Is it a factor? Yes. But alcohol was not the one who stripped me, fingered me, had my head dragging against the ground, with me almost fully naked. Having too much to drink was an amateur mistake that I admit to, but it is not criminal. Everyone in this room has had a night where they have regretted drinking too much, or knows someone close to them who has had a night where they have regretted drinking too much. Regretting drinking is not the same as regretting sexual assault.

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Policy is one thing, but who enforces the policy? Unless someone on campus now can tell us, we don't know the answer. Obviously, without enforcement a policy is meaningless.

I do know at some universities, the police regularly do walk-thrus of registered fraternity events. At Stanford, no idea.

FWIW, the woman who was assaulted in her lengthy letter de-emphasized alcohol as a contributing factor, reacting to the letter from Turner that referenced alcohol repeatedly. I fully recognize that no one commenting in this thread is discounting the agency of Turner in committing this horrible crime, but I would again reference the woman's own powerful words as a reminder about who (not what) is responsible for this particular incident (and we can have another conversation on another forum about whether the criminal justice system should consider alcohol as a mitigating factor in deciding punishment for a crime such as this one):

Alcohol is not an excuse. Is it a factor? Yes. But alcohol was not the one who stripped me, fingered me, had my head dragging against the ground, with me almost fully naked. Having too much to drink was an amateur mistake that I admit to, but it is not criminal. Everyone in this room has had a night where they have regretted drinking too much, or knows someone close to them who has had a night where they have regretted drinking too much. Regretting drinking is not the same as regretting sexual assault.