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Cornell students stage sit-in to protest handling of 2024 gang rape

Hindustan Times1h
THE BRIEF
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Cornell students staged a sit-in at a dining hall and boycotted campus spending to protest the university's handling of an alleged 2024 fraternity gang rape.

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Demonstrators demanded revised disciplinary procedures and the expulsion or revocation of degrees for anyone involved in the sexual assault lawsuit filed by Jane Doe.

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Cornell previously shut down the Chi Phi fraternity chapter in 2024 and brought in former US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to review campus sexual assault investigations.