The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/sexual-assault/page/4/)
Dear Mr. Kavanaugh,
Watching your confirmation process has caused me great distress. As the daughter of one father, it makes me sick to see a good, upstanding family man torn apart by baseless allegations. In hopes that it will help you navigate this crisis, I’ve formulated the following strategy for you and your team. First: deny, deny, deny. You’re doing a great job already, but you can’t let the pressure get to you.
It is time to break our silence. After speaking with Rosenna Bakari ’11 and hearing her insights on living as a survivor of sexual assault, it is evident that it is time for women to live openly about their experience with assault and move past the discomfort in order to reframe the conversations we are having about the topic. Much of the rhetoric and literature about violence against women has channeled women’s stories into a feed dominated by conditions that maintain comfortability among audiences. In Rosenna Bakari’s recently published memoir Too Much Love Is Not Enough, she discusses the relationship between silence and psychological trauma in a way that imbues its audience with her own personal reality in an honest, relatable fashion. Dr. Bakari is a Cornell alumna whose story and dedication to creating a space for survivors is beyond inspirational.
Sethik Howe of Ithaca was charged with rape in the first degree and criminal sex act in the first degree, both class B felonies.
The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 5-foot-10-inches tall with an average build.
The professors wrote that the University failed to guarantee the accused student his right to have his questions asked to his accuser and expressed their concern about the way Cornell carried out its procedural protections under Title IX policies.
During an open forum at the Employee Assembly Pollack and Opperman discussed sexual assault, responses to gun violence and employee concerns and how recent government policy will impact the University.
“This is a community that needs to change a culture—there needs to be a cultural shift here, and this is not just for Cornell, this is the same shift that needs to happen in the world,” said Burke.
The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights closed a Title IX probe this Tuesday; now, there are only four on-going probes investigating Cornell, down from an all-time high of six.
Editors Note: Reed Steberger ’13 ended their candidacy for Tompkins County Legislature Thursday night.
In less than one week, Democrats will head to the polls to elect their nominees for the Tompkins County legislature. In District 4, incumbent Rich John ’81, who won a write-in campaign four years ago, is being challenged by Reed Steberger ’13. No candidate in the race has been endorsed by this paper. However, following a disturbing report in The Sun about Steberger’s conduct while at Cornell University, we are calling on Steberger to drop out of contention for this seat.
Cornell’s disciplinary policies earned high ratings from a leading campus rights group on Tuesday, topping the list of 53 colleges.