Fraternities are the most likely place for US campus rapes. Should they be shut down?
As an alleged 2024 gang-rape at Cornell comes to light, universities are grappling with a choice: student safety or alumni donations Daniel R Schwarz, an 85-year-old English literature emeritus professor, still works at Cornell University after 59 years because he loves teaching and “watching young people grow”, he said. Most of his students, he also said, have not been part of fraternities at Cornell in Ithaca, New York, where seven men allegedly gang-raped a woman in 2024. Continue reading...
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As an alleged 2024 gang-rape at Cornell comes to light, universities are grappling with a choice: student safety or alumni donations
Daniel R Schwarz, an 85-year-old English literature emeritus professor, still works at Cornell University after 59 years because he loves teaching and “watching young people grow”, he said.
Most of his students, he also said, have not been part of fraternities at Cornell in Ithaca, New York, where seven men allegedly gang-raped a woman in 2024.
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- 79 words · 1 min read
- Published
- October 12, 2026
- Byline
- Eric Berger
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- The Guardian