Last week the Office of Student Life cleared Michael Grey of all charges in the incident last Spring when a Fraternity Brother in Pi Kappa Phi got his head broken open by someone. Several members of Pi Kapp identified the culprit as Mr. Grey, but OSL's final word was 'the witnesses did not identify Grey clearly as the aggressor in the altercation.'

What was OSL looking for? A videotape? Was Mr. Grey not identified as being there at all, or not identified as the one that broke someone's head? Were there any other suspects that were let go? Why is all this being kept from the Brothers in Pi Kappa Phi who were attacked? And why weren't the ones who testified believed? Is it, just maybe, because Pi Kapp has a reputation for 'causing trouble?'

The secrecy with which OSL has conducted these proceedings has made it impossible to either clear Mr. Grey completely, or at least to give the Greek system some confidence that this wasn't being hushed under the rug on someone's behalf. Now there's nothing but unanswered questions.

The Daily Cal's coverage of this has been disgraceful. I prodded them all summer to do a followup; I knew that they knew information that would've moved this story along. The only DC story was the lame 'Grey cleared of Criminal charges' story that was a month old. Instead, it's all been neatly let go, and whoever rushed en masse into a Fraternity, beat the occupants up, and rushed out, will be getting away. There aren't even any new safety measures to give some comfort this won't happen again. What will it take? Someone getting shot? Someone nearly got shot this time.

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