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Cornell bans frat parties as faculty press president
Faculty confronted Cornell's president at a Wednesday meeting over a woman's report of a 2024 gang rape, as police in Lansing hunt a possible serial killer.
Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on this story, from BBN Overnight at 1:34 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Washington Times's, the jokes are ours.
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- First reported by The Washington Times: “Cornell president pressed by faculty frustrated by his handling of fraternity rape allegations”, with reporting from BBC.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 1:34 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance.
- Topics: Cornell.
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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCornell University has banned all fraternity parties after allegations that a woman, known as Jane Doe, was gang raped at a fraternity house in twenty twenty-four.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd the ban follows an uproar over how the school handled her report, which came to a head Wednesday at a faculty meeting.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPresident Michael Kotlikoff faced angry faculty there, according to The Washington Times, who say they are deeply frustrated by his administration's handling of the case.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe party ban is the school's answer. Faculty are asking whether the answer arrived late.
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