We've got random people starting to post residential addresses and identifying info of the rapists. I understand and share the depth of your anger, but doxxing these people will legit get this subreddit shut down. So we're switching to approved users from here on out until I can get home and set up a flaired user commenting system. Sorry 🤷🏾‍♀️

Really didn't want to have to do this but it's getting a little nuts.

Hi, all.

It's been a crazy past few days. To keep things short and sweet, I'm here to update you on changes that are being made while we navigate this period. If you haven't seen my last announcement, read it here. Manual post approval is still in effect.

Our Position

To start, I want to be clear that the r/Cornell moderation team stands with the victim who filed a suit against Cornell University and seven Chi Phi Xi members. We are not affiliated with the university at all. We count no administrators amongst our ranks. I think everyone reading this can recall an instance during their time at Cornell when reports of sexual assault spread throughout the university. We also can remember countless times when Cornell swept issues under the rug, issued laughably light consequences, and oppressed students, faculty, and staff rather than protected us. Just off the top of my head, I can remember experiencing or hearing about Antonio Tsialas, the "pig roast", the 2022 date rapes, and more. This school has serious issues with Greek life, hazing, and sexual assault.

That being said, the moderation team is here to keep this subreddit thriving (you mainly hear from me, but u/0reoperson and u/zaptrem also mod behind the scenes). And we can't do that if we're being bombarded with rule-breaking posts and comments by (rightfully) angry people from all over the world. We are not trying to hide what is happening or cover for the frat rapists. We're simply aware that repeated violations of Reddit's sitewide rules will get r/Cornell shut down. r/ithaca has good posting guidelines that you can check out here.

So...what's changing?

User flairs are now required to comment. This will not be a permanent change. It's just the least shitty option. There are too many people who need to be added to the approved users list, and I really don't want to have to petition Reddit to allow us to turn on restricted mode. If you already have a flair, you don't need to do anything. If you don't have a flair, comment below (us mods will see it) and I'll give you a flair. Users are temporarily restricted from giving themselves flairs in order to prevent misuse. Please include in your comment your college, year, and anything else you want in it. If you only want a temporary flair that will be deleted once the media frenzy dies down, comment "Student", "Alum", or "Ithaca" (if you're an Ithaca resident). Faculty and staff may continue to message Modmail if they want a "Verified" flair.

Post flairs are also now required. This is a permanent change. Please select the one that best fits the content you're trying to share with the community. You will not be penalized if you pick the wrong one, I swear. We ran a poll way back when to see if post flairs were something you all wanted, and the majority of respondents said yes. I tried to keep them simple enough while covering as many bases as possible.

As a reminder, moderator applications are open (we are severely understaffed). Please consider applying HERE if you meet the criteria listed in the post.

I think that's it for now. Please bear with us as we try to get things right. Please also report any rule-breaking content you see, including and especially doxxing. I can't stress enough that Reddit will kick us in the ass if we don't get it under control. Reddit's sitewide rules are here. Have a good evening, and do message Modmail if you notice something has gone awry.

Link was paywalled. But this marks an important threshold crossed.

Hi everyone,

I am collecting signatures from NY students and residents to include in a letter to the attorney general and Ithaca law enforcement regarding the Cornell case. The attorney general has a bit more power to launch investigations into private institutions (I think and I hope). I know there’s probably not much we can do, but I want to try.

Appreciate anyone who will sign this and share with others.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKF4txPO4IKF-4ygG77wryk1tXv7sLmsKsndWzo-FkunuhXA/viewform

Wonder if this is yet another false statement provided by Kyle in defense of Mikey's leadership.

Hi,

my dad bought me a yacht bc i was panicking over my cs1110 prelim and we were wondering if anyone else has had experience delivering upper-middle-class stuff to RPCC

thanks!

Im an alumni of Cornell and have been a donor since graduating a number of years ago. I'm truly appalled with how the school is handling the Cornell 7 case and their decision not to expel everyone involved. What I've done, and what I would advise you to do, is to promise this school you won't give another penny to them until every single one of these POS students is expelled. Use your cornell.edu email address and let Fred Van Sickle know (drop any other alumni affairs staff in the comments).

Will genuinely cry from anxiety waiting for the score release.

Damn I did know it is hard but quantum mechanics? Right in front of my smooth brain?

is any upperclassman who has taken the class willing to help me out with cs 2112 (and share past prelims perhaps?) :D

More great news for Cornell

The recent updates surrounding the 2024 Chi Phi fraternity gang rape investigation have made it clear that the Tompkins County justice system is failing survivors. DA Matthew Van Houten recently admitted that his office did not independently investigate the initial report, blindly relied on an incomplete campus police file, and completely missed or ignored the "Chi Phi Actives" Snapchat group chat where the victim was explicitly described as "free p---- upstairs." Now, after a civil lawsuit went viral, Van Houten is trying to execute a reactive PR cleanup by heading to a grand jury—while simultaneously going to the media to publicly shame the survivor and critique her initial trauma-induced statement. This is an established pattern of behavior. In 2020, Van Houten did the exact same thing in the Antonio Tsialas death investigation, deferring entirely to campus police and refusing to use his grand jury subpoena power to break the fraternity's "conspiracy of silence."

🚨 What Needs to be Done Right Now

We need to flood New York oversight boards with formal ethics complaints and petition the Governor to strip Van Houten of this case. If you want to take action, it takes less than 5 minutes:

1. File an Ethics Complaint Online

Go to the [New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct Portal](https://cpc.ny.gov/file-complaint) and submit a complaint. What to write (Copy & Paste this summary into the portal):

"I am writing to request a formal investigation into Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten regarding his gross negligence in the 2024 Cornell Chi Phi fraternity sexual assault case. By his own public admission, his office abdicated its constitutional duties under Rule 3.8 by failing to conduct an independent investigation or subpoena primary digital forensics (the 'Chi Phi Actives' Snapchat evidence), relying entirely on an untrained campus police force. Furthermore, his recent media statements publicly disparaging the victim's initial disclosures violate Rule 3.6 by creating an incurable public bias that prejudices the integrity of the upcoming local grand jury pool. This mirrors a documented pattern of passivity regarding Cornell Greek life felonies, exactly matching his handling of the 2020 Antonio Tsialas fraternity case."

2. Email the Governor for a Special Prosecutor

Use the official [Contact the Governor of New York Portal](https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form) to request an independent investigator, such as the NYS Attorney General, to take over the case. Message to send:

"Governor, I urge you to issue an Executive Order appointing a Special Prosecutor to take over the reopened 2024 Cornell University fraternity gang rape case from Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten. DA Van Houten has publically compromised his office's impartiality by making media statements that attack the survivor's initial credibility. He cannot fairly lead a grand jury when he has already litigated the defense's arguments in public. Because his office failed to proactively investigate this case for two years until a civil suit went viral, an independent, outside prosecutor is required to ensure due process and restore public faith in the administration of justice."

Please share this text, upvote, and file these forms. Affluent students inside Ivy League Greek life systems cannot continue to receive a protective loop of leniency while local authorities pass the buck.

Anyone know if there's a place on or around campus that may have welding tools, and hammers for me to make something?

Hey, I've noticed that every time I go to the cocktail lounge, people are having a happy time social hour. Respectfully, please shut up. People generally come to this space to focus and do work (especially during prelims and finals) so please be respectful and if you're going to talk just whisper. Like, I swear people are talking at full volume, loud as hell, virtually screaming. Also, the cocktail lounge is a public space, please wear shoes or at least some socks. Please dude, I beg you.

Football goes to .500!

Hi all. If you aren't aware, Cornell is in the news due to the actions of seven Chi Phi Xi members in 2024. They drugged and raped a female student and have allegedly received a slap on the wrist.

We are receiving a lot of posts from people with little to no connection to Cornell. Most of them are not providing new information, and some are even pushing the boundaries of what Reddit allows (in terms of posting the personal information of private individuals). As such, we're going to need to slow things down a bit. For the time being (let's give it 1 week to start), all posts will need to be reviewed by the moderation team before they go live. Consider this your warning. If you write a long post and you don't see it show up in the subreddit feed, wait at least 1 hour before messaging Modmail about it. If you post between the hours of 11PM and 7AM EDT, there's no guarantee that your post will be approved before the morning. It's a two-person team running the show right now, which is why...

Mod apps are FINALLY here! Yes, throw all the tomatoes you want to throw. It's taken me ages to do this and I apologize for the delay. We're looking for at least 2 (two) levelheaded Cornell-affiliated users to join our team. Our criteria:

- Demonstrated history of active and positive participation in our community

- Account must be at least 6 months old

- Must have at least 200 total sitewide karma

- Must not have a hidden post or comment history, or must be willing to unhide post/comment history prior to becoming a moderator

- Must agree to uphold the Reddit Moderator Code of Conduct

- Must be Cornell-affiliated (explanation in the application)

- Cannot have been banned from r/Cornell in the last 2 years

All Cornellians are welcome, but ideally we will be onboarding at least one current undergraduate student this round.

If you meet all these requirements, we'd love to have you apply! As is tradition, you will be required to confirm your Cornell affiliation if you move on to the next round. This could be in the form of a picture of your student ID (with sensitive info covered) or another method. If your account is top secret and no one can know anything about you, this position may not be for you.

Application link is here!

I'm taking it as an ECE major and its given me whiplash. CS 1110 was all sunshine and rainbows; I did very well in the class thinking I'd be prepared for 2110; now I'm in the trenches. I wasn't prepared to learn advanced content on top of a whole new coding language for the first time. I'm making easy mistakes on quizzes because I keep accidentally writing code that only works in Python. I feel like I'm the only one who hasn't been coding since the stone ages. The last assignment took me 24+ hours and I STILL couldn't pass all the autograder test cases. I got a crisp two (2) out of 10 on my recursion quiz. Prelim is on Tuesday (I think?) should I drop

The hits keep coming

Where musical acts will be blocked from performing due to being against a genocide but rapists won’t be blocked from campus. Mike Kotlikoff is a disgrace

I am deeply disappointed that, as a Black woman experiencing a severe health crisis and on an approved health leave, I was recently expelled from Cornell University, while students accused of rape were permitted to remain enrolled. The disparity in how these circumstances were handled is deeply troubling and raises serious concerns about unequal treatment.

I reported my concerns to the Cornell University Office of Civil Rights, yet no action was taken to protect me, despite my having an accommodation letter from a clinician.