{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","altText":"Comment attachment by Anonymous","alternateName":"HVGeqU8WMAIPUh9.jpg","alternativeHeadline":"Comment attachment by Anonymous","caption":"","contentUrl":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/559/raw","datePublished":"2026-10-20T23:22:42+00:00","description":"","encodingFormat":"image/jpeg","identifier":"559","isAccessibleForFree":true,"machineReadable":{"json":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/559/index.json","markdown":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/559/index.md"},"name":"Comment attachment by Anonymous","ocrStatus":"ready","ocrText":"The New ork Times\n\nOctober 14, 2026\n\nSamuel Mayer Nelson\nSpeaker of the Faculty Senate\n\nCornell \u2014\n\nChris B. Schaffer\nDean of Faculty\n\nCornell \u2014\n\nRe: Information Relevant to the Faculty Senate's Deliberations\n\nDear Speaker Nelson and Dean Schaffer,\n\nI am writing to share information that I believe may be relevant to the Faculty Senate as it deliberates a\nvote of no confidence in the University's administration.\n\nI\u2019m sharing a second-hand account with you. The then-President of the Cornell chapter of Tri Delta\nsorority had a conversation with President Kotlikoff shortly after my report of sexual assault to the\nUniversity in November 2024. After the conversation she shared with me, with concern, that President\nKotlikoff\u2019s initial response was along the lines of, \u201cWhy did she wait so long to report it?\u201d She\ninterpreted his question as an expression of doubt in the veracity of my story.\n\nShe said that other faculty or staff members were present during the conversation, although I do not know\nwho they were. She indicated to me that at least one of them appeared distressed upon hearing the\nPresident\u2019s question, as if she (the faculty or staff member) thought the President\u2019s response was\ninappropriate.\n\nWhen the then-Tri Delta President relayed this conversation to me, I felt unsupported and disbelieved by\nPresident Kotlikoff. It diminished my confidence in the administration's ability to approach my\nexperience with the understanding, sensitivity, and fairness I had hoped for and expected from what had\nbeen my dream school.\n\nI am sharing this account now because, to my knowledge, only a few individuals are aware of the\nconversation; I do not know if you or other members of the Faculty Senate are among them.\n\nMy intention is not to prescribe how the Senate should interpret this account, but rather to provide\ninformation that its members may wish to consider or investigate further. I would not want to withhold\nsomething potentially pertinent, only for Senate members to later discover that information relevant to\ntheir deliberations had not been made available to them.\n\nIt is important to me that the Faculty Senate be made aware of this letter so that its members can make an\ninformed choice about how they wish to consider or act upon the information it contains.\n\nI respectfully request that you confirm receipt of this letter with my attorney, Mr. Tom Guiffra.\nThank you for your consideration.\n\nSincerely,\n\nJane Doe\n\nTransmitted on my behalf by:\nThomas P. Giuffra\nRheingold, Giuffra, Ruffo, Plotkin & Hellman LLP\n\n(eH Whitney Seals, Esq.\nCochrun & Seals, LLC\n","text":"The New ork Times\n\nOctober 14, 2026\n\nSamuel Mayer Nelson\nSpeaker of the Faculty Senate\n\nCornell \u2014\n\nChris B. Schaffer\nDean of Faculty\n\nCornell \u2014\n\nRe: Information Relevant to the Faculty Senate's Deliberations\n\nDear Speaker Nelson and Dean Schaffer,\n\nI am writing to share information that I believe may be relevant to the Faculty Senate as it deliberates a\nvote of no confidence in the University's administration.\n\nI\u2019m sharing a second-hand account with you. The then-President of the Cornell chapter of Tri Delta\nsorority had a conversation with President Kotlikoff shortly after my report of sexual assault to the\nUniversity in November 2024. After the conversation she shared with me, with concern, that President\nKotlikoff\u2019s initial response was along the lines of, \u201cWhy did she wait so long to report it?\u201d She\ninterpreted his question as an expression of doubt in the veracity of my story.\n\nShe said that other faculty or staff members were present during the conversation, although I do not know\nwho they were. She indicated to me that at least one of them appeared distressed upon hearing the\nPresident\u2019s question, as if she (the faculty or staff member) thought the President\u2019s response was\ninappropriate.\n\nWhen the then-Tri Delta President relayed this conversation to me, I felt unsupported and disbelieved by\nPresident Kotlikoff. It diminished my confidence in the administration's ability to approach my\nexperience with the understanding, sensitivity, and fairness I had hoped for and expected from what had\nbeen my dream school.\n\nI am sharing this account now because, to my knowledge, only a few individuals are aware of the\nconversation; I do not know if you or other members of the Faculty Senate are among them.\n\nMy intention is not to prescribe how the Senate should interpret this account, but rather to provide\ninformation that its members may wish to consider or investigate further. I would not want to withhold\nsomething potentially pertinent, only for Senate members to later discover that information relevant to\ntheir deliberations had not been made available to them.\n\nIt is important to me that the Faculty Senate be made aware of this letter so that its members can make an\ninformed choice about how they wish to consider or act upon the information it contains.\n\nI respectfully request that you confirm receipt of this letter with my attorney, Mr. Tom Guiffra.\nThank you for your consideration.\n\nSincerely,\n\nJane Doe\n\nTransmitted on my behalf by:\nThomas P. Giuffra\nRheingold, Giuffra, Ruffo, Plotkin & Hellman LLP\n\n(eH Whitney Seals, Esq.\nCochrun & Seals, LLC\n","thumbnailUrl":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/559/raw","transcriptStatus":"not_applicable","transcriptText":"","url":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/559"}