The board members “need to know the General Assembly is going to stand by their decision if they are firm, and if they are not firm enough in the eyes of the legislators, we will do what we think is appropriate to restore a sense of security to young ladies and their parents on these campuses,” he said.

Norment said he does not think a campus judiciary proceeding “is the appropriate venue to handle sexual assaults.”

In his statement, Toscano said U.Va.’s problem is serious “but it is larger than just one institution.”

Toscano urged increased police presence in the Rugby Road area near campus and said the university must “confront and eliminate a culture of alcohol and drug abuse.”

U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan has asked the Charlottesville Police Department to investigate the allegations in the Rolling Stone article and on Saturday suspended all Greek activities through the semester.

Angry students protested through the weekend outside the fraternity house, which was vandalized hours after the account was published. The fraternity voluntarily surrendered its charter.