Breaking
Missing First-Year Cornell Student Found Dead
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After reported him missing Wednesday afternoon, authorities recovered the body of first-year Shawn West ’24 on Friday.
breaking news
Authorities Searching for Missing Cornell First-Year
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Shawn West ’24, a first-year student at Cornell University, was reported missing by a parent on Wednesday afternoon, announced Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi in a Thursday statement.
Columbia University
Margaret Lawrence ’36, Who Was Rejected From Cornell’s Medical School Because She Was Black, Dies at 105
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Lawrence — whose name was Margaret Cornelia Morgan at the time — applied in her senior year to the medical school to continue her education at Cornell, but was denied, since “twenty-five years ago there was a Negro man admitted,” a dean explained, “and it didn’t work out.” That student had died from tuberculosis.
Interfraternity council
Cornell Interfraternity Council Bars Alcohol from All Spring Recruitment Events
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The changes attempt to reform many of fraternities’ traditional spring recruitment practices, which the Interfraternity Council president called “laissez-faire.”
greek life
Cornell President Martha Pollack Promises Greek Life Reforms by End of Semester
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Pollack said she appreciated the temporary steps made by the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils — which included a pause on social events and some reforms — but that she would fulfill her responsibility to protect student health and safety.
tsialas
Family Hires Private Investigator, Posts $10,000 Award for New Information in Cornell Freshman Antonio Tsialas’ Death
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The family has taken out three days of full-page advertisements in The Sun publicizing an award for $10,000 and has hired an Ithaca-based private investigator in their search for information for the Cornell first-year who was found dead in an Ithaca gorge.
IFC
Cornell Interfraternity Council Attempts to Tackle Dirty Rushing, ‘Give Teeth’ to Regulations
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The Interfraternity Council’s most recent resolution targets “dirty rushing,” or the unpermitted recruitment of first-year students. In the past, most houses did partake in dirty rushing, IFC president Cristian Gonzalez ’20 said.
antonio tsialas
There Was ‘Significant Misbehavior’ at Frat Party Where Freshman Was Last Seen, Says Pollack
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President Martha Pollack told The Sun that the fraternity had apparently hosted an unregistered, “dirty rush” party on Oct. 24, meaning the event was held to recruit first-year students outside of the policies within which fraternities are allowed to do so.
antonio tsialas
Cornell IFC Fraternities Ban Social Events for Fall Semester
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Cornell’s Interfraternity Council canceled nearly all regulated fraternity events for the rest of the fall semester Friday night, citing safety concerns. The ban — which will run until Jan. 1, 2020 — cited recent events as a catalyst which had made “inherent safety hazards” apparent within the existing Greek life social system.
Cornell Greek life
Panhellenic Proposal to Stop Mixing With IFC Fraternities Failed to Receive Unanimous Vote
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A Panhellenic Council proposal to freeze social mixers failed to collect unanimous support on Wednesday, despite a majority of Panhel sorority delegates voting in favor of the contentious plan to stop mixing with Interfraternity Council fraternities until the IFC undertook safety reforms.