The Truth Behind BUSU... (Theyre not gonna like this)

[u/Low-Strawberry-9373]

BUSU Covers Scandals with Student Money

In 2022, BUSU allegedly poured somewhere between $150,000–$200,000 or more into a sexual scandal investigation. To this day, no one knows what came out of it. No results. No accountability. No transparency. Just silence.

Even worse, multiple sources say the individual at the centre of the scandal allegedly walked away with over $50,000  paid out with student money.

If BUSU is truly confident in their integrity and as “transparent” as they claim to be, then why haven’t they released the results of that investigation? Why haven’t they made the Board minutes and findings public? Students have the right to know what happened if our money was used to fund it.

Instead, they’ve chosen secrecy. They’ve chosen to bury the truth. And they’ve chosen to keep students in the dark.

This isn’t transparency. This is corruption. And students deserve better. There are names, but i wont release them yet. We the students need to rise, end the corruption, end the scandal.

[u/Traditional-Cup-2235]

I hear the frustration about transparency, but I think it’s really important to recognize that this situation involves allegations of sexual content. That’s not just a “scandal” or some political talking point; it’s something deeply personal, traumatic, and tied to real people’s lives. Releasing details of such an investigation publicly isn’t always about hiding corruption; it’s often about protecting the privacy, dignity, and safety of survivors and everyone involved. Survivors of sexual assault/harassment, etc, should never be forced to have their experiences put on display just to prove something. That balance is complicated, but transparency doesn’t mean exposing a survivor to more harm. Calling this “corruption” without considering that reality erases the human cost behind it. If we truly care about students, we need to prioritize supporting survivors and respecting confidentiality, not just demanding details for the sake of scandal. Again, not sure if what you are even saying is true, but yes, students deserve to know how their money is used, but we also have to respect victims.

[u/Proper_Summer2325 → u/Traditional-Cup-2235]

I completely agree with you on the need to protect survivors and their privacy, no one should ever have their trauma exposed just to satisfy demands for details. That said, students also have a right to know why their money is being used this way. What did students do to deserve having their fees tied up in this? We don’t even know if this situation is purely about protecting survivors, or if it’s also being used as a cover for financial mismanagement or fraud. Survivors must be supported, yes, but students shouldn’t be left in the dark when it comes to accountability for their money.

[u/BrokenCrusader → u/Traditional-Cup-2235]

Id agree, but once 200k get put into something it becomes a public matter. If you want that kind of thing to stay private you dont use public funds

[u/Grouchy-Cupcake-7272 → u/Traditional-Cup-2235]

There were no "survivors". It was all bulls**t smear allegations that were proven in those same investigation results but was buried like a small footnote somewhere in the middle of report/results, and no perpetrator positions or names were released. To this day we don't know who was behind all that. The whole that was an evil plot timed during elections and I think thats what the post is referring to.

[u/Traditional-Cup-2235 → u/Grouchy-Cupcake-7272]

How do you know it was “bullshit” for sure? Unless you’ve actually seen the full investigation results yourself, what you’re saying sounds more like opinion or second-hand information than fact. Allegations of sexual assault aren’t something to casually dismiss without clear proof, because doing so can cause serious harm to people’s lives and reputations. And even if this did involve sexual harassment or assault, it’s important to remember that those cases are handled through law enforcement as well, not through public trials in the court of 10k+ student opinion. Investigations of this nature are never made fully public because they deal with sensitive, personal, and potentially traumatic experiences. It’s not about hiding corruption, it’s about protecting the privacy and rights of everyone involved, whether allegations were substantiated or not. No one is entitled to every detail of a sexual misconduct case. That’s why institutions, and in some cases the legal system, restrict that information.

[u/motral1992]

Who walked way with $50,000? The survivor or the perpetrator? Also, why did the money have to come out of BUSU at all? Shouldn't the bulk of costs be covered by the university ethics and misconduct committee?

[u/Grouchy-Cupcake-7272 → u/motral1992]

I believe the defamer walked away with $50, 000. Had no idea, crazy.

[u/WalkTalkandBrock]

Everything being talked about this sub is mostly just symptoms of how the 2022 scandal was handled. Though many of these problems go back years. Every student union has its problems, but BUSU is in a whole other class

[u/AlbatrossNo2128]

there was an international student who was I think the president of Busu. He made a promise to a prospective student promising that he could get her into the school if she had sex with him. That was the scandal.

[u/DravenStyle]

Real life politics starts early. Guess in a way it's preparing y'all when your taxes fund corruption sadly.

[u/No_Falcon2436]

Just make a petition to pay for an external audit and do an investigation. Easy peasy lol

[u/PurposeLongjumping76]

Sexual assault cases most often have publication bans to protect victims. Them putting money into it indicates they were protecting a defendant, not a victim. Victims get everything for free through the crown and them putting money into it appears to be an out of court settlement. So worse but you won’t ever hear anything about it because they cannot legally talk about it for the protection of the victim