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POGGI | Blame The Rapists
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While we must critique and reform systems that enable such atrocities, we must not see rape culture as an exogenous issue.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/fraternities/)
While we must critique and reform systems that enable such atrocities, we must not see rape culture as an exogenous issue.
As a man I know I also hold a privileged position in this situation, while I might walk terrified at night, my own silhouette could generate those feelings on someone else. I still can’t shake off that feeling of deep anxiety and near panic if I notice a guy walking at a similar pace to mine in the same direction a couple feet away.
We would welcome the opportunity for dialogue with the Cornell administration, which unfortunately has not yet occurred. Decisions on complex, emotional issues should involve all affected, especially when organizations and events are impacted.
The problem runs deep at Cornell. It’s deeper than any one frat, deeper than any generation of students and certainly deeper than can be solved with any one action or suspension. It’s the result of misogynistic, hierarchical organizations that are themselves rotten to the core.
The Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to address recent controversies both internally on the Assembly and in the Cornell community more broadly.
Vice President Rocco DeLorenzo ’24 resigned from his position and seat on the Student Assembly amid allegations of hostility towards women. Vice President Clyde Lederman ’26 remains in office after the Office of Ethics recommended the Assembly consider recalling him as well.
Two high-ranking members of the Student Assembly have received recommendations to be recalled over a series of ethical violations.
Due to “unexpected delays,” the Student Assembly Office of Ethics pushed the release of its report on several high-ranking Assembly members.
Student Assembly elections will be moved back one week due to an ongoing ethics investigation into several members prompted by leaked text messages.
Private text messages showcase a plan to create a Greek life “machine” in the Student Assembly that would shape the agenda of the governing body to be favorable to fraternities and block women’s health-related resolutions.