A Question for the Regents and Advice for Gary Barta
Nathan Greene
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By Emily Geiger
The latest news in the U of I rape case is that the Board of Regents has decided to re-open its investigation into whether or not the University handled this whole situation properly. The Regents had previously conducted a similar “investigation” and released a report in June saying that the University had followed proper procedure, basically clearing all University officials of wrongdoing.
Now that the mother of the victim has released her letters to the media, the Regents believe that their previous conclusion needs to be reconsidered.
I have one question for the Regents. If you “investigated” this incident previously, why did no one talk to the victim’s family as part of that “investigation”?
It is obvious that no one bothered to contact the victim’s family (which makes me question whether they even talked to the victim) or else they would have heard about the existence of these letters and been informed of the mother’s concerns with how the University handled the situation.
Well, I guess there could actually be two options here. Either the Regents did a half-ass investigation (and then proceeded to tell the public that the University was blameless), or the Regents did know about the mother’s concerns and ignored them, and now they’re grandstanding.
I guess I’m hoping for inept over corrupt. But these days, who can tell?
Oh, and on a side note, how arrogant and smarmy is Gary Barta? I saw him being interviewed last night on the news, and it made me nauseous. He was saying how sure he was that the University (i.e. him) would be cleared of any wrongdoing.
Um, Gary, you knew about all this right away when it happened, and you failed to inform Vice President for Student Services Phillip Jones, which you were required to do under University policy. Good luck explaining that one.
And another thing. Dude, you make $300,417 per year. You have the nastiest teeth I’ve seen in a long time. Take a few grand and get those fixed.
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