Suspended Cornell student Wofgang Ballinger is suing Cornell claiming numerous violations of his due process rights and to prevent the University from making a formal decision regarding his case. Back in February, Ballinger was suspended for an alleged sexual assault that occurred in his room in the Psi Upsilon fraternity house located on campus. Ballinger,...
Guns. Does reading that word make you cringe? Rape. What about that one? If you’re a college student reading this, then the latter word should, disproportionally so. According to a study conducted at a large upstate New York university, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, nearly one of five students surveyed reported being victim...
Students and administrators have been rather abuzz lately with the release of the results from a sexual assault survey from the Association of American Universities’ (AAU) that covered 27 schools, including Cornell. President Elizabeth Garrett initially sent every student an email regarding the study’s findings and the numerous highly effective and meritorious actions the...
It’s obvious that sexual assault and violence are major problems at college campuses across the country. It’s also obvious that one shouldn’t make light of this fact, yet one can only characterize Cornell’s latest initiative to combat campus sexual violence as a huge joke. It is so absurd in fact, it’s almost as if the...