Cornell faculty prepare no-confidence vote against administration over handling of alleged sexual assault case
- On Monday, hundreds of Cornell University students gathered in Ithaca, New York, to protest the institution's handling of an alleged 2024 sexual assault involving seven fraternity members at Chi Phi.
- The protest followed a September 14 civil lawsuit filed by Jane Doe against Cornell and seven fraternity members; the student initially described the 2024 encounter as voluntary and consensual before later seeking a rape kit.
- Last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul expressed disapproval of the Tompkins County district attorney's investigation, appointing the state's attorney general as a special prosecutor. The district attorney subsequently reopened the case.
- Cornell faculty members are preparing a no-confidence vote against the administration, while Professor Sabrina Karim noted that "trust is broken at Cornell." Student Saya Taylor urged peers to "think beyond the trauma."
- Tensions on campus have escalated, with an administration building vandalized amid the crisis. The case challenges how institutions handle sexual assault allegations that students initially describe as consensual in retrospect.
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Pressure mounting on Cornell administration, president over handling of alleged gang rape
By Helen Coster NEW YORK, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Cornell University’s administration and president are facing mounting pressure over the school’s handling of an alleged 2024 gang rape that has thrust it into the national spotlight and set off a wave of outr...
Time to End Democrats' Lynch-Law Justice for College Boys
If the investigation of the Cornell Seven results in indictments, they will be tried in a court of law where they are entitled to a fair trial. Sadly, that's not true for the hundreds of college students each year accused of sexual assault who fall into the clutches of college disciplinary panels. Students and their parents need to know these campus proceedings generally are rigged for the female accuser. They're kangaroo courts dispensing lynch…
The opening of a criminal investigation for "collective rape" on 28 September, following a student's complaint against seven men, recalls that campuses retain resistance capabilities, despite the repression that has hit universities since Trump's return.
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