A lady walks by a Cornell College signal on the Ivy League college’s campus in Ithaca, N.Y.
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A lady walks by a Cornell College signal on the Ivy League college’s campus in Ithaca, N.Y.
Ted Shaffrey/AP
Cornell College has suspended all events and social occasions hosted by fraternities after campus police mentioned one scholar reported a sexual assault and one other 4 reported their drinks being drugged.
The occasions all allegedly occurred at off-campus homes affiliated with the college’s fraternities, in response to college officers in a letter to the neighborhood on Monday.
The coed-led Interfraternity Council, which governs all council-recognized fraternities at Cornell, made the choice to briefly droop social occasions on Sunday following an emergency assembly.
“Fraternity leaders will take this time to implement stronger well being and security plans. No IFC-affiliated social occasions will resume till scholar leaders and Cornell employees are assured actions can happen responsibly and safely,” wrote Cornell President Martha E. Pollack and Ryan Lombardi, vp of scholar and campus life.
The Cornell College Police Division issued crime alerts on Friday alleging not less than 4 college students had their drinks roofied at occasions at off-campus frat homes. Incident occurred as early as Sept. 24 and as just lately as Nov. 3, in response to the alert.
“College students reported to have consumed little to no alcohol at an off-campus location however grew to become incapacitated whereas attending events,” the police division mentioned. “The person reported they have been uncovered to Rohypnol (generally often called ‘roofies’).”
On Sunday, an individual reported to college police that they have been sexually assaulted someday between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. that morning. Police mentioned they have been attending an occasion on the 100 block of Thurston Avenue in Ithaca, the town the place Cornell is positioned. Maps present this space is house to a number of of the college’s fraternities.
Based on the Interfraternity Council, Cornell’s Greek system is the third-largest within the nation and roughly one-third of the scholar inhabitants takes half in it. There are not less than 30 council-recognized fraternities on campus.