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康奈尔大学教职员工将开始辩论不信任决议Cornell University faculty to begin debating no-confidence resolution

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大约150名教职员工据称支持该决议。康奈尔大学教务参议院将于周三开始审议一项不信任决议,以谴责学校对校园性暴力的应对措施。

Approximately 150 faculty members are said to be in support of the resolution. Cornell University’s faculty senate on Wednesday will begin deliberating a no-confidence resolution to condemn the school’s response to sexual violence on campus.

在校园兄弟会涉嫌“轮奸”事件震撼这所常春藤盟校一个月后,若该决议被通过,可能标志着自争议爆发以来,对康奈尔大学领导层最明确的否定。

One month after allegations of a “gang rape” at a campus fraternity shook the Ivy League school, the resolution, if adopted, could mark the clearest repudiation of Cornell’s leadership since the controversy began.

“我们表示,对行政当局如何处理此事没有信心。这是一场危机。这是一个长期的系统性问题。简·多伊的案件很重要,但它远非唯一此类案件,”教务参议员艾丽斯·帕克曼对ABC新闻说道。

“We're saying we have no confidence in how the administration has handled this. It is a crisis. It's a long-term systemic problem. Jane Doe's case is significant, but it is not nearly the only case like this,” Iris Packman, a faculty senator, told ABC News.

康奈尔大学校长和教务长计划在辩论开始前向教务参议院发表讲话并回答问题,而该决议的正式投票将于本月晚些时候进行。

Cornell University’s president and provost are scheduled to address the faculty senate and take questions before the debate begins, and the formal vote on the resolution is set to take place later this month.

“我们想要的是真正有效的领导力,而不仅仅是中央行政当局的被动反应,”另一位教务参议员、教授丽莎·利伯维茨说道。该决议具体呼吁什么?

“What we are wanting is real effective leadership, not just reactive responses by the central administration,” said Professor Risa Lieberwitz, another member of the faculty senate. What does the resolution call for?

康奈尔大学教务参议院正在审议通过一句表述的决议,内容为:“教务参议院对中央行政当局有效应对康奈尔大学持续性性侵犯危机的能力没有信心。” “关键在于理解的是,众多学生、员工、教职员和校友已向决议的提案人反馈,强调简·多伊案件只是冰山一角,”该决议的主要提案人、教授保罗·奥尔蒂茨通过ABC新闻告诉记者。根据帕克曼的说法,大约150名教职员工已表示支持该决议,且该决议由教务参议院的十二名成员共同提案。为使决议通过,需要获得教务参议院多数成员的支持。

Cornell’s faculty senate is debating adopting a one-sentence resolution that reads, “The Faculty Senate has no confidence in the ability of the central administration to effectively address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault at Cornell University.”“The key point to understand is that scores of students, staff, faculty and alumni have approached the sponsors of the resolution to emphasize to us that the Jane Doe case is but the tip of the iceberg,” Professor Paul Ortiz, the lead sponsor for the resolution, told ABC News via According to Packman, approximately 150 faculty members have signaled their support for the resolution, and the measure was co-sponsored by a dozen members of the faculty senate. For the resolution to pass, the measure would need support from a majority of the faculty senate. Cornell’s faculty senate is a “governing body that supports faculty communication toward successful management of objectives for the University,” according to the school.

康奈尔大学的教务参议院是“一个支持教职工沟通以实现大学目标成功管理的管理机构”,据该校称。康奈尔大学的学术职称持有者——包括教授、高级讲师、图书管理员、档案管理员等——有资格成为参议员,任期为三年。

Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms. The resolution itself does not call for specific action -- such as demanding resignations or forcing policy changes -- and instead offers a broad condemnation of the school’s response.

该决议本身并未要求采取具体行动——例如要求辞职或强制政策变动——而是对学校的回应提出了广泛的谴责。

“I think it's important that we did not specifically call for [the] resignations of anybody. We are not saying XYZ administrators need to leave, but these ones are okay. We're saying we don't have confidence in the way that they are handling this, and we don't have confidence that they are going to effectively address it going forward,” said Packman, one of the co-sponsors of the resolution.

“我认为我们没有具体要求[任何人]辞职这一点很重要。我们并不是说XYZ行政人员必须离开,但这些人可以留下。我们是说我们对他们处理此事的方式没有信心,也没有信心他们将来能够有效地应对这一问题,”该决议的共同发起人之一帕克曼说道。星期三将举行什么活动?

What is scheduled to take place on Wednesday? The bulk of Wednesday’s meeting is centered on remarks and presentations from Cornell’s leadership, according to the meeting agenda.

根据会议议程,星期三会议的主要内容围绕康奈尔大学领导层的讲话和展示展开。

Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff and Provost Kavita Bala are scheduled to deliver remarks and answer questions before members of the school’s Sexual Assault Task Force address the group.

康奈尔大学校长迈克尔·科特利科夫和教务长卡维塔·巴拉计划在发表讲话并回答问题之前,先由学校性侵犯特别工作组的成员向全体与会者发表讲话。康奈尔大学性骚扰和性侵犯应对主管也将在接受提问之前向参议员发表讲话。90分钟会议的最后30分钟计划开始对该决议的辩论。

Cornell’s director of sexual harassment and assault response is also set to address the senators before taking questions. The final 30 minutes of the 90-minute meeting is scheduled to begin debate of the resolution. Cornell’s dean of faculty is also set to address the body to read an “expressive activity statement.”

康奈尔大学教务院院长也将向全体与会者宣读一份“表达活动声明”。根据利伯维茨教授的说法,过去的教务参议院会议从未以这种声明开场,这些讲话的目的和内容目前尚不清楚。

Past faculty senate meetings have not begun with that kind of statement, according to Professor Lieberwitz, and the purpose and content of those remarks are not clear. Cornell finalized its “expressive activity policy” last year in the aftermath of campus protests.

康奈尔大学去年在校园抗议之后最终确定了其“表达活动政策”。该政策允许学校在言论“干扰教学、科研、患者护理或校园住宿等大学基本运作必要环节”时予以限制。政策称:“对表达自由的热情承诺并不意味着任何人可以随时随地、以任何方式说他们想说的话。”

It allows the school to restrict speech if it “disrupts essential operations necessary for the teaching, research, patient care, or residential campus missions of the university.”“A zealous commitment to freedom of expression does not mean that anyone can say anything they like, whenever and however they like,” the policy says. Packman argued that the statement may have a “chilling effect on faculty speech” by discouraging some speakers, particularly senators who do not have the protections afforded by tenure.

帕克曼认为,该声明可能会通过劝退一些发言人——尤其是没有 tenure 保护的参议员——而对教师言论产生“寒蝉效应”。

“If we're having a statement read telling us what we can and can't say and how we can and can't say it before we even engage in that debate, that is a significant overstep and restriction on our speech,” she said.

她说:“如果在我们甚至还未参与辩论之前,就有一份声明被宣读出来,告诉我们可以和不可以说什么、可以和不能怎样说,那就是对我们言论的重大越界和限制。”投票何时举行?

When is the vote scheduled to take place?

根据该决议,对该决议的审议将在周三进行,同时还将举行10月28日的会议。

Deliberations over the resolution are set to take place on Wednesday, as well as a meeting on Oct. 28, according to the resolution.

投票将在10月28日会议之后进行,持续五天。组织者称,投票将在线上进行。会议会被录制吗?

Voting on the resolution is scheduled to take place after the October 28 meeting and last for five days. The voting will take place online, according to organizers. Will the meeting be recorded?

康奈尔大学禁止对周三会议进行摄影或录像。只有持康奈尔大学身份证的人员才被允许进入会议举行的礼堂。组织者称,康奈尔大学将在本周晚些时候发布该会议的录像。康奈尔大学周二宣布了哪些措施?

Cornell University is prohibiting photography or video recording of Wednesday's meeting. Only individuals with Cornell ID will be allowed to enter the auditorium where the meeting will take place. According to organizers, a recording of the meeting will be released by Cornell later this week. What measures did Cornell announce on Tuesday?

周三的会议紧随科特利科夫校长宣布的措施之后,旨在“加强校园安全、更好地支持受害者,并开始处理康奈尔大学性暴力的社会背景”。

Wednesday’s meeting comes on the heels of an announcement by President Kotlikoff about measures to “strengthen campus safety, better support survivors, and begin addressing the social context of sexual violence at Cornell.”

康奈尔大学已暂停所有由兄弟会举办的社交活动和派对,同时对“康奈尔兄弟会生活进行审查,以确定其是否以及如何能够安全继续”。学校还承诺在其民权办公室——负责第九章调查——增派更多人员,并在审查学校政策期间向纽约州警报告性侵指控。

Cornell suspended all social events and parties held by fraternities while the school conducts a “review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue.”The school also vowed to add more staff to its Office of Civil Rights -- which conducts Title IX investigations -- as well as report allegations of sexual assault to the New York State Police during the school’s review of its policies.

声明称:“我们正与纽约州警合作,允许其经验丰富、具创伤知情的刑事调查员(独立于康奈尔大学)调查校园性侵指控。这些人员将对选择提起刑事指控的受害者进行访谈,并为相关执法机构准备全面的调查摘要。”

“We are working with the New York State Police to allow their experienced, trauma-informed criminal investigators, who are independent of Cornell University, to investigate allegations of sexual assault on campus. These individuals will interview survivors who elect to pursue criminal charges and will prepare comprehensive investigative summaries for the appropriate law enforcement agency,” the statement said.

科特利科夫还承诺落实康奈尔大学性侵总统工作组提出的改革,并对该工作组进行‘重组和重新聚焦’,以审视‘安全健康的社交参与机会以及进一步降低风险的途径’。

Kotlikoff also vowed to implement changes proposed by Cornell’s Presidential Task Force on Sexual Assault, as well as “re-form and re-focus” that entity to examine “opportunities for safe and healthy social engagement and further ways to reduce risks.”