Public discussion • Comment #4747

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2026-11-02T22:31:45+00:00

Whether Tri-delta has any liability remains to be seen. But you have got to be kidding about this: [quote]"In April 2026, Tri Delta's national organization awarded Cornell's Alpha Beta chapter its Social Excellence Award, recognizing its efforts to develop an inclusive and supportive membership experience."[/quote] The national and chapter HAD to be made aware of the drinking at the house. Contrary to the lolsuit (I'm LOL at that term!) the sorority didn't implement the policy in response to past wrongs and issues at Cornell. Rather, ALL Panhellenic Council sororities have had a universal, strict, no tolerance, "dry house" policy since *at least* 2003. (My NPC sorority had one back in the 1980s and I'm told it dated back to the 1950s or even earlier). The House Director, aka "house mom", is a salaried position paid for by the national to manage the house. She has a decent salary and a private apartment separate from the living quarters of the sisters. I don't believe Jade Ovadia (has been identified publicly) was "on duty" that night, or she might have been a sober monitor at the party. She graduated the following semester and now practices law. My "guess" would be that she was too smart to voluntarily participate in the Title IX hearings, and her sorority didn't want to imperil her graduation and future employment by looking into things further. She is mentioned in the lolsuit but she is not named as a defendant. Her testimony would be a critical of evidence. Did a sober adult who interacted with Lucy for about a half hour, including a 10 minute ride to the bar, really not notice her intoxication? If she did not, then maybe Lucy has a very high tolerance, or maybe the reason she missed the mass exodus from the house is because she had gone to thow up? I would like to know from Jade herself. If she turned a blind eye, she should have been fired. If she says she didn't notice but others did, it would be problematic for her, but there's no mention of any sober monitor even raising a red flag to "keep an eye on Lucy". As to the community and support of the sisterhood/house, my lawd are they a bunch of crap. They managed to leave her behind at the house and then after socializing for two hours (at two bars), she leaves without telling a sole or apparently without anyone noticing. If that's not bad enough, nobody even misses her, apparently, for several hours --> 3am texts. Then the next day a nonchalant reference is made to her not making it home. Some sisterhood. Some friendship. Not their fault, but they are still total shit for not following up. We had each others backs in college. I guess that's not the case anymore.

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