Cornell University is suspending parties and other social events at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year and will give the New York State Police a role in investigating sex crimes on campus, university officials announced Tuesday, amid mounting outrage over its handling of allegations that a female student was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house in 2024.

The measures announced by Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff include a suspension of all parties and social events at Interfraternity Council houses through the end of the 2026-27 academic year and a new “zero tolerance” policy for violations that would result in the immediate emergency suspension of a chapter.

“These measures will provide time for a thorough review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue,” Kotlikoff wrote in a letter to the campus community.

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[–] 5 points 2 days ago*

They are; I agree. What had shocked me was mainly the idea that they had to give state law enforcement permission to investigate. Turns out, that was wrong.

I don't entirely know how I feel about law enforcementt beholden to a private institution investigating rapes on their own campus, but that's at least a more nuanced debate than my mistaken reading of it.

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