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Annual Security Report Reveals Increased Incidence of On-Campus Rape, Hate Crimes
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On-campus rape, stalking, hate crimes and arson all increased from 2022 to 2023, according to the University’s 2024 Annual Security Report.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/sexual-assault/)
On-campus rape, stalking, hate crimes and arson all increased from 2022 to 2023, according to the University’s 2024 Annual Security Report.
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Instances of nonconsensual sexual contact and stalking increased in the 2022-2023 academic year, with that increase being partially attributed to lower instances during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the University.
During Thursday’s meeting, the Student Assembly unanimously passed Resolution 21, supporting graduate student unionization, and Resolution 24, urging the University for efforts to help prevent sexual assault.
Moments after being sworn in, Student Assembly President Pedro Da Silveira ’25 was voted out of office by his S.A. peers due to an arising sexual assault allegation. The current president of the S.A. is unclear due to discrepancies in the governing documents.
Numerous campus and Ithaca-based organizations held events to advocate against sexual violence in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
In “Lifting the FeMale Gaze” Isabelle Pappas ‘23 writes that feminism has started to “confuse itself with female victimization.” Despite the author’s clear intentions to lift other women up, I strongly feel that this piece does more harm than good.