{"id":79595,"date":"2026-10-05T20:55:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/student-protests-erupt-at-cornell-over-mishandling-of-gang-rape-allegations\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:55:46","slug":"student-protests-erupt-at-cornell-over-mishandling-of-gang-rape-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/student-protests-erupt-at-cornell-over-mishandling-of-gang-rape-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Student protests erupt at Cornell over mishandling of gang-rape allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hall housing Michael Kotlikoff\u2019s office spray painted as demonstrators demand resignation of college president<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/04\/cornell-president-vows-serious-look-at-fraternities-in-wake-of-allegations\">Cornell University to take \u2018serious look\u2019 at fraternities after rape allegations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mass protests erupted at Cornell University on Monday, with students criticizing officials\u2019 handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/sep\/28\/cornell-fraternity-investigation-alleged-gang-rape\">gang-rape allegations<\/a>, demanding the president\u2019s resignation and painting \u201cSMASH THE PATRIARCHY\u201d on an administration building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/05\/nyregion\/cornell-rape-case-protests-vandalism.html\">Thousands<\/a> of students and faculty gathered for a demonstration, sparked by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/sep\/29\/cornell-texts-rape-investigation\">high-profile case<\/a> of a former student known as Jane Doe, who said in a recent lawsuit that she was plied with drugs and raped at a fraternity house in 2024. The case has prompted international outrage and intense scrutiny of college fraternities and sexual violence on US campuses.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/05\/students-vandalize-cornell-building\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hall housing Michael Kotlikoff\u2019s office spray painted as demonstrators demand resignation of college president Cornell University to take \u2018serious look\u2019 at fraternities after rape allegations Mass protests erupted at Cornell University on Monday, with students criticizing officials\u2019 handling of gang-rape allegations, demanding the president\u2019s resignation and painting \u201cSMASH THE PATRIARCHY\u201d on an administration building. Thousands &#8230; <a title=\"Student protests erupt at Cornell over mishandling of gang-rape allegations\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/student-protests-erupt-at-cornell-over-mishandling-of-gang-rape-allegations\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Student protests erupt at Cornell over mishandling of gang-rape allegations\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}