周三，康奈尔大学教师评议会的一次会议变得越来越激烈，校长迈克尔·科特利科夫（Michael Kotlikoff）面临着关于这所常春藤联盟学校对所谓的2024轮奸根据会议的录音显示。
Kotlikoff为学校最近的措施辩护，包括暂停兄弟会派对并让州警察介入校园性侵案的调查，但被教职员工反复追问校方的反应。
这次会议是两次会议中的第一次不信任决议谴责学校对校园性暴力的反应。预计将在本月底对该决议进行投票。
录音显示，村上里沙·利伯维茨教授在周三的会议上说，“这是一个系统性的问题，应该得到系统性的关注，到目前为止，科特利科夫总统，你似乎只是对压力做出了反应。”。“给人的感觉是，政府更多考虑的是我们如何应对压力，而不是那种应该一直做系统性工作并优先考虑这些问题的领导。”
“我理解人们觉得这是被动的，”科特利科夫回应道。“我觉得听到这个消息，第一次获得这么多信息，我们应该花些时间。”
2024年11月，事件发生三周后，一名当时的本科生无名氏向校园警察投诉说，她被被一群男人强奸在Chi Phi兄弟会。她对这些人和这所大学提起了民事诉讼声称她被下药并被强奸。
纽约司法部长莱蒂夏·詹姆斯是进行调查康奈尔大学也在就其对指控的回应进行内部调查。
民事诉讼中提到的所有七名兄弟会成员都否认有不当行为，此案中也没有提出刑事指控。
在周三的会议上，教职员工诺亚·塔玛金（Noah Tamarkin）质问科特利科夫，为什么两名涉嫌参与该事件的学生仍被允许在校园内继续接受教育。
“我们已经多次从我们的学生，包括本科生和研究生，以及我们的同事和其他工作人员那里听到，他们觉得在校园里与这些人在一起不安全，”塔玛金说。“你能解释一下这是怎么回事，并直接说明如果学生被发现犯有强奸罪，临时停学意味着什么？”
Kotlikoff为所谓的袭击后展开的Title IX调查进行了辩护，并指出根据法律，康奈尔大学不能公布有关该过程的许多细节。他还指出，根据第九章的调查，没有发现这些男子对强奸负有责任。
他说：“这是我们工作过程中的正当程序。”。“你可能不同意结果，我可能不同意结果，但这是我们的过程。”
副教授安德鲁·莫伊西（Andrew Moisey）也对康奈尔大学因该事件而遭受的声誉损害表示担忧。
“我感觉像是．．．康奈尔大学与兄弟会有虐待关系，”他说。
“我真的很感激大学的许多教职员工和领导层对我说，‘希腊生活该结束了’”，科特利科夫说。“我只是认为我们都必须采取措施，仔细研究这个问题。如果说到底，兄弟会无法在一个安全的环境中存在，我们无法确信他们是安全的，那么我们应该做出这个决定。”
Kotlikoff以最近暂停兄弟会派对的决定开始了他的讲话，认为这是对抗他所描述的希腊制度“对学生社会活动的垄断”的必要步骤。
“许多社会活动发生在私人住宅里，”科特利科夫说。“我们完全没有能力确信那些房子里发生的事情是安全的。”
Cornell president defends response to Jane Doe allegations in heated faculty meeting
A meeting of Cornell University＇s faculty senate grew heated Wednesday as school president Michael Kotlikoff faced harsh questions about the Ivy League school＇s response to the alleged2024 gang rapeof a student at a fraternity house， according to an audio recording of the meeting．
Kotlikoff defended the school＇s recent measures -- includingsuspending fraternity partiesand involving state police in the investigation of sexual assaults on campus -- but was repeatedly grilled by faculty members about the university＇s response．
The meeting was the first of two at which the faculty senate will consider ano-confidence resolutionto condemn the school＇s response to sexual violence on campus． A vote on the resolution is expected at the end of the month．
＂This is a systemic problem that deserves systemic attention， and thus far， President Kotlikoff， it appears that you have simply reacted to pressure，＂ Professor Risa Lieberwitz said at Wednesday＇s meeting， according to the recording． ＂It feels that the administration is considering more about how do we respond to pressure rather than the kind of leadership which should have been doing systemic work and prioritizing these issues all along．＂
＂I understand that people feel like this is reactive，＂ Kotlikoff responded． ＂I felt hearing about this， having much of this information come through for the first time， we ought to take some time．＂
A then-undergraduate student identified only as Jane Doe made a complaint to campus police in November 2024， three weeks after the incident occurred， that she had beenraped by a group of menat the Chi Phi fraternity house． She has filed a civil suit against the men and the universityalleging that she had been drugged and raped．
New York Attorney General Letitia James isconducting an investigationinto the incident， and Cornell is also conducting an internal probe of its response to the allegations．
All seven fraternity brothers named in the civil lawsuit have denied wrongdoing and no criminal charges have been filed in the case．
At Wednesday＇s meeting， faculty member Noah Tamarkin questioned Kotlikoff about why two of the students allegedly involved in the incident were still allowed to continue their education on campus．
＂We＇ve heard repeatedly from our students， both undergraduate and graduate， as well as our colleagues and other staff， that they don＇t feel safe with these men on campus，＂ said Tamarkin． ＂Can you explain what is going on with this and speak directly to this problem of what a temporary suspension is meant to do if a student is found liable for rape？＂
Kotlikoff defended the Title IX investigation that was launched following the alleged assault， and noted that Cornell， by law， could not release many of the details about the process． He also noted that those men were not found responsible for rape， according to the Title IX investigation．
＂That is due process in the way our process works，＂ he said． ＂You may disagree with the outcome， I may disagree with the outcomes， but that is our process．＂
Andrew Moisey， an associate professor， also raised concerns about the reputational harm that Cornell suffered because of the incident．
＂It feels like to me ．．． that Cornell＇s been in an abusive relationship with fraternities，＂ he said．
＂I really appreciate the sentiment of a lot of faculty and a lot of leadership of the university that has said to me， ＇It＇s time for Greek life to go，＇＂ Kotlikoff said． ＂I just think we have to all take a step and carefully study this issue． If， at the end of the day， fraternities cannot exist in a safe environment and we can＇t be convinced that they can be safe， then we should make that decision．＂
Kotlikoff began his remarks by addressing the recent decision to suspend fraternity parties， arguing it was a necessary step to counter what he described as the Greek system＇s ＂monopoly of social activity for students．＂
＂Much of the social activity occurs in private houses，＂ Kotlikoff said． ＂We don＇t have full ability to be confident that what goes on in those houses is safe．＂
