While UVa faculty have been among the most vocal protestors against the university’s response to the controversial allegations, James Edwin Mason, an associate professor of history at UVa, said that calling for the resignation of Sullivan or other administrators would not ameliorate the situation the university has found itself in.

“In the middle of a crisis? Unless your leader is totally incompetent, you don’t get rid of somebody in the middle — it’s changing horses in the middle of the river,” Mason said.

Mason said that instead, the university should continue listening to the input of its sexual assault survivors to find the roots of the problem, rather than blaming the administration or the Greek system.

“There will be calls for the abolition of the Greek system,” he said. “I think that’s too clumsy of a way of thinking about it.”

Ewell, while noting that she would prefer that the university do away with the Greek system, shared similar sentiments.

“I feel like we live in a culture of blame,” she said. “It’s not about who to blame or who to fire. It’s about what we do now, and how to move forward so that this doesn’t happen to women.”

Bryan McKenzie is the business editor for The Daily Progress. Contact him at (434) 978-7271 or bmckenzie@dailyprogress.com.

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