The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/ifc/)
“A number of students” have been temporarily suspended following reports of sexual assault and drugging at the Chi Phi house. Chi Phi remains temporarily suspended amid an ongoing criminal investigation by campus police.
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Due to “unexpected delays,” the Student Assembly Office of Ethics pushed the release of its report on several high-ranking Assembly members.
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.
Did Yash Moitra ’27 try to take down Greek life at Cornell? No — if you take his word for it.
Due to hazing allegations, several University fraternities were suspended.
The Cornell Interfraternity Council has recently announced a dramatic change in their application process — in an effort to maintain their reputation of exclusivity, the IFC has voted unanimously to lower the maximum acceptable Rice Purity Test score to 30. Since 2008, it has become standard for fraternities and sororities to administer a “Rice Purity Test” for their new recruits. Comprising a list of 100 activities — from “held hands romantically” to “engaged in bestiality” — the Rice Purity Test was originally meant to be used for research purposes at Rice University. However, in more recent years, it has become the go-to measure for finding out if potential pledges are cool or not.
According to a manufactured data set, the average acceptance score at Cornell fraternities was approximately 50/100 in previous years. But due to the rise of apps such as Tinder, Grindr and Gradescope, students claim it has never been easier to get fucked.
The IFC president and the director of sorority and fraternity life sent an email lifting the ban on social events while implementing new measures for students’ healthy and safety.
On Wednesday morning, IFC announced that the ban on social events would last through the Fall semester.
Following the release of a police report citing incidences of drugging and possible sexual assault at frat houses associated with Cornell University, Cornell IFC has temporarily suspended all frat-affiliated events.