In December of last year, a well-known American magazine retracted a major story. The story reported on a sexual attack at the University of Virginia.A student identified as "Jackie" told the reporter a group of students raped her at a fraternity party in 2012. But the magazine later said the story was not true.The story was called "A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA."Rolling Stone magazine published it in November 2015. Reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely wrote the report.It received a lot of interest. Other magazines, newspapers and blogs followed with more stories about sexual attacks.The media also discussed other issues related to the report, such as alcohol abuse at colleges and social pressure from student groups.Women's groups and others protested against the actions the report described.Following the Rolling Stone report, Teresa Sullivan, the president of University of Virginia, suspended all activities on campus related to fraternities and sororities.
