An Ohio University student thinks the Student Union, which made public accusations of rape against Acacia, should apologize to the fraternity.
I write to you in response to your coverage of the Student Union's decision to hand out leaflets on Sunday dubbing members of the Acacia fraternity as rapists.
Both sexual assault and rape are heinous crimes and growing problems on college campuses, but that does not give anyone the right to slander another person or organization's good name.
No student organization can shirk the reputation of housing rapists. It's outrageous to publicly accuse members of an organization as serial perpetrators of a violent crime and provide no proof to substantiate the claim.
Members of the Ohio Student Union heard rumors about the Acacia fraternity.
Whether those rumors are true or false, they have been forwarded by the Student Union with no regard to the culpability or defamation of the accused. If they believe these rumors they heard, the burden of proof is upon them to provide evidence before they make accusations.
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The Ohio Student Union should publicly apologize to the members of the Acacia fraternity, and pray to the god of their choice that the fraternity does not file suit against them for libel.
Jake Zuckerman is a senior studying journalism.
