As Students Protest Handling of Cornell Sexual Assault Case, a Building Is Vandalized
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An administration building was defaced and a glass door smashed early Monday after an emotional week following revelations about 2024 sexual assault allegations.
Listen · 5:45 min Share full article Day Hall at Cornell University was vandalized early Monday morning. Credit... Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times By Santul Nerkar Emma Goldberg and Maia Coleman
Emma Goldberg and Maia Coleman reported from Ithaca, N.Y., and Santul Nerkar from New York City.
The door to the five-story building, Day Hall, was smashed, with two large holes visible and shards of glass covering the ground. On one side of the door graffiti in red paint read: “At Cornell rapists are protected protesters are expelled.” On the other side, also in graffiti, were the words: “Smash the patriarchy.”
The Cornell administration said the vandalism was under investigation.
“We understand the frustration and strong emotions being expressed across our community,” Kyle Kimball, vice president for university relations, said. “Those concerns deserve to be heard, but damaging property is not the answer. We are investigating the vandalism at Day Hall and will address it in accordance with university policy and applicable law.”
The middle-of-the-night vandalism was the starkest demonstration of anger on campus since a woman’s lawsuit detailing allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity party ignited outrage around the country.
It comes ahead of a “Justice for Survivors” protest planned for Monday by 20 student organizations calling for sexual assault prevention. On Wednesday, some student groups are planning to skip class and hold a seven-hour sit-in in solidarity with the woman, known as Jane Doe, who has said she was plied with drugs and raped by several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house on Oct. 19, 2024. Last month, the woman sued seven men, the university, Chi Phi and her sorority.
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