Men's Group

One of my friends teaches at a university that spent more than half a million dollars investigating a "cover-up" that never happened of an "incident" that didn't involve any member of the university community based on bizarre, almost implausible allegations made by a group against the nursing program. They even flew private investigators all over the country to interview former students about the night in question. The fact that some of the women showed up for these interviews with lawyers or simply refused to meet with the investigators only served to perpetuate it. "Look how guilty they look!"

These are sensitive situations that don't bring out the best in academic governance. Is it cowardice? Certainly. But would you handle it any better in the face of an outrage onslaught?