纽约州伊萨卡——康奈尔大学理事会周二宣布，将聘请前司法部高级官员对该校处理性不当行为投诉的机制进行审查，旨在平息近期因2024年发生的一起兄弟会集体强奸事件引发的强烈不满情绪。
ITHACA, N.Y. — A former high-ranking Department of Justice official will look at how Cornell handles sexual misconduct complaints, university trustees announced Tuesday as they tried to address an outpouring of anger over allegations of a 2024 gang rape at a fraternity house.
据理事会通报，曾在奥巴马政府担任司法部副部长的萨莉·耶茨将负责此次审查工作。审查内容涵盖这所常春藤盟校对性侵与性骚扰举报的调查流程、学生援助措施、惩戒机制运作方式、校园警力响应措施，以及兄弟会、姐妹会等学生组织的监管情况。
Sally Yates, who was a deputy attorney general in the Obama administration, will spearhead the review, the trustees said in an announcement. The assessment is to include how the Ivy League university investigates reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment, what support students get, how the disciplinary process works, campus police responses and oversight of fraternities, sororities and other student organizations.
此前数日，因康奈尔大学对一起性侵事件的处置引发大规模抗议。涉事女性仅以“简·多伊”的化名公开身份，她于2024年11月向校方报警称：前一个月自己在被胁迫饮酒吸毒后，遭到多名“奇菲兄弟会”成员性侵。目前尚无刑事指控被正式提出，该校已解散该兄弟会分会，并开除或停学部分涉事学生。
The announcement comes after days of outrage and demonstrations over Cornell’s response to a complaint from a woman known publicly only as Jane Doe, who told campus police in November 2024 that she had been sexually assaulted by multiple Chi Phi fraternity brothers the month before after being pressured into drinking and taking drugs. No criminal charges have been filed. The Chi Phi chapter at Cornell was shut down, and the Ivy League university has said it expelled some students and suspended others.
简·多伊上月对康奈尔大学、7名涉事前学生、该兄弟会及其他相关方提起民事诉讼，此举使该事件再度引发全国关注，同时也引发公众对校方、警方及地方检方应对方式的质疑。目前纽约州总检察长已启动刑事调查，州长亦要求对康奈尔大学的事件处置开展独立审查——这正是耶茨即将承担的任务。
She sued the university, seven former students, the fraternity and others last month. The suit put a new, nationwide spotlight on the allegations and how the campus police, university and local prosecutor had reacted. New York’s attorney general is now conducting a criminal investigation, and the state’s governor called for an independent review of Cornell’s handling of the matter — the review that Yates now will lead.
周一，大量康奈尔大学学生、教职员工聚集在校园广场，抗议校方对此事的处置方式。
Cornell students, professors and others thronged a campus plaza Monday to protest the university’s response to the matter.