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The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the center of a disputed 

account of an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia has been reinstated, according to a statement released on the school's website Monday.
In announcing the news, the university said police in that Charlottesville, Va., haven't been able to confirm accusations involving the fraternity in the November 2014 article. Charlottesville police Capt. Gary Pleasants 

 that authorities are still working on the case.


"The statement reads that we did not find any substantive basis to confirm the allegations occurred at Phi Kappa Psi, not that we said the assault did not occur," Pleasants said. "We are still investigating."

 article centered on a student who said she had been gang raped at the Phi Kappa Psi house in 2012, but the magazine has since retracted the story, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is now 

.
In late November, the university banned all fraternities on campus until Jan. 9th. Last week, University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan announced 

 for fraternities and sororities at U.Va.


In the university's statement reinstating the fraternity, Sullivan said, "We welcome Phi Kappa Psi, and we look forward to working with all fraternities and sororities in enhancing and promoting a safe environment for all."

The President of the Virginia Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, Stephen Scipone, was also quoted in that statement as saying, "In today's 24-hour news cycle, we must guard against a rush to judgment as we often don't have all of the facts in front of us."

 published a statement in December, saying the magazine should have 

worked harder to get "the other side of the story

 walked back some of the assertions in the story, and it said it had 'come to the conclusion that our trust in [Jackie] was misplaced.' The magazine later deleted that line, saying the mistakes in the story "are on 

, not on Jackie."
Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism has not indicated when its review of the piece would be complete but did say that 

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In announcing the news, the university said police in Charlottesville, Va., haven't been able to confirm accusations involving the fraternity in the November 2014 article.

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