- “I’m an educational consultant who helps young people in moments of crisis like this one. I have known about this specific story for longer than most, because I advised one of the seven accused Chi Phi members last year (though nothing in this piece is based on specific information I learned that way, and I am no longer working on this case). I’m hoping to help add context to this story from my broader experience with these types of situations: I’ve been an educational and career counselor for 363 students involved in campus sexual misconduct proceedings, including dozens of survivors as well as many accused, and I’ve been an expert witness in 21 civil suits arising from those matters. Families hire me to help their (often adult) children continue their educations following crises like school discipline, mental illness, and substance abuse. I think my vantage point allows me to understand what went uniquely wrong at Cornell, and what is the result of messy systems that have long demanded more attention than they have been given.”
- “Many rapes go unreported, and getting convictions is no easy matter. Lots of observers hear sickening echoes of their own experiences, or their daughters’, reflected in this story. I understand the reaction: If someone feels like they are watching a house burn down with their kids inside, they want the person who lit the match to be found and punished, as quickly and dramatically as possible. They’re not in the right headspace to contemplate societal solutions to the problem of arson.”
- “Hateful chats are not proof of violent rape. We have plenty of time to condemn the defendants when and if we get confirmed facts about what each one did, but there is still a lot we don’t know. I want to be clear that if the facts lead the men to be found civilly or criminally responsible, they should be punished for what they did, as they were in Title IX proceedings already. Right now, we are not there yet.”
- “This story doesn’t happen without substance abuse. The case is an extreme outlier in terms of alleged severity; I’ve not encountered another case in my career involving ketamine, or with four or more alleged assailants over the course of multiple hours. (Though I must note: Despite the prominent use of the chilling phrase the “Cornell Seven,” the lawsuit accuses four of the defendants of having sex with [Lucy Craig: that’s her name, and that’s her deadlifting above, this showing that this is not a case like the one in “The Accused,” with guys overpowering an unwilling 110 pound young woman. Stott calls her “Jane Doe.” EA holds that it is unethical to have the accused men’s names publicized but not their accuser’s.], one of kissing her; and two of snorting drugs off her body.) But the case is par for the course in the sense that everyone on both sides of the allegations was abusing substances, which is a factor in nearly every case I’ve worked on.”
From other sources I see that the essay debunks the viral claim that Cornell administrators allowed “seven gang rapists” to merely write essays to atone for their actions. The author explains that when the Title IX complaint was filed in November 2024, Cornell temporarily suspended the seven defendants and offered them an initial opportunity to mitigate their immediate interim conduct restrictions by submitting essays. The university did not let the students off with just essays. Following the full adjudication process, the Chi Phi fraternity chapter was permanently shut down and barred from campus. Furthermore, Cornell expelled two of the students and issued a range of long-term sanctions, including formal suspensions, to the other five. The piece concludes, as many have, that allowing college administrators—rather than the criminal justice system adjudicate complex, highly sensitive allegations of sexual assault is wrong, irresponsible, foolish and courts injustice.
This dysfunctional system was, as everyone should now, embedded by the administration of the most over-rated U.S. President since 1963, Barrack Obama, whose education system threatened dire consequences for universities and colleges that didn’t rig its process to presume accused male students are guilty.
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In related news…
She’s deadlifting two hundred and fifty pounds?
Totally off the subject, but it strikes me that weight lifting in your socks might be a bit dangerous. Aren’t you more prone to slip in your stocking feet as opposed to tennis shoes? I’m not sure what verb would follow ‘slip’ but when you’re holding a 250 pound weight, it cannot be good.
Having done deadlifts until my lower back broke down, I noticed the same thing. I have to believe those are more than just socks.
If the new things coming out seemingly every day are even close to true, she’s not getting a dime from anybody. Maybe the U, because they’re complete morons, but with enrollments down everywhere, maybe they decide not to pay her, either.
One of the things I read said after one of the sessions she got up and did body builder poses – I thought that was really weird, but makes sense now…
Madness….
Link to article: https://archive.is/suU5u
According to Rollo Tomassi the sole reason for bringing charges against the Cornell 7 right now is the midterm elections, to get women to the polls and help the Democrats win Congress
Someone uses that as a handle? Cute. You know the reference? “Rollo Tomassi” is the imaginary “guy who gets away with it” in “LA Confidential.”
Rollo is the most influential influencer of the Manosphere, instead of Andrew Tate.
Interesting perspective, and yes, it is a train wreck. The sad thing is multiple lives have been and will be further damaged inextricably by the reckless and hedonistic actions of 8 individuals one night in 2024. And yes, I do mean 8 and not 7. It has been wildly reported the female had no objections to a threesome sexual experience. It is unclear as to how many more than three sexual partners was too many for her and how she communicated that to those assembled. Was it 4, 5, 6,or 7?
By all accounts I have read, many of those caught up in this inexcusable situation were not in the frat house that fateful night. Cornell administrators, the local DA, and various Cornell Campus Security personnel are the obvious victims of the fallout that is sure to come from the self-serving politicians running for re-election this November who have inserted themselves into this tragedy. To quote former Obama WH Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste”.
The family and friends of the “Cornell 8” will also be damaged through no fault of their own. I would suggest, however, that the parents of the Cornell 8 bare some culpability for not raising more intelligent and responsible children.
Rest assured both the progressive and conservative media will relish the circus. Sex sells, you know. A multitude of celebrities will also share their irrelevant opinions for no other reason than to appear relevant. The only winners in this debacle will be the sensitivity consultants, defense attorneys, and self-serving politicians.
Since the lives of the “Cornell 8” are beyond repair, my hope is that the parents of coming-of-age children will use this tragic mess as an example on how not to behave. Tragically, most will likely get caught up in the media sensationalization and choose a side and stoke the embers of discontent.
Let’s not confuse unethical with immoral.
We can have an argument about whether a gang bang is immoral, based on which systems of morals we subscribe to. A libertine will have a different view than a conservative Catholic. I do not think it is unethical to engage in wild sexual experiments as long as everyone consents.
This event, similarly as the Duke Lacrosse case, is ethically significant because of the rape accusations following the withdrawal of consent after the fact as the women in the gang bang faced reputational damage. Similarly as the Duke Lacrosse case, (electoral?) politics got involved.