"Having undertaken those types of responsibilities, it's too cute by half to stick your head in the sand and say over such an extensive period of time when misconduct was taking place I neither knew of the circumstances nor had a reasonable opportunity to inform myself about what was going on, such that I could have intervened and saved this young person's life," Fierberg said. "Otherwise, it's pathetic for a 56-year-old to be living in a fraternity house."