As I noted this morning on Fox & Friends, crime is one of the strongest issues for Republicans, consistently showing up in polling as an issue where Democrats are still viewed as an anti-law and order party. So what’s one thing that could upend that? Well:
Cornell protesters swarm campus to support Jane Doe, call for university president’s resignation
Faculty at Cornell University are weighing a vote of no confidence in the school’s administration as student protesters take over the campus in response to sexual assault allegations on Tuesday.
The no-confidence resolution has secured support from 40 of the faculty senate’s 75 voting members, according to the resolution’s sponsor, professor Paul Ortiz.
“As you may suspect, we were approached in our capacity as faculty senators by numerous Cornell colleagues demanding action. Many of these faculty – including myself – were approached by students at Cornell who are upset, fearful for their personal safety, and wanting our university to address the perennial problem of sexual assault on the campus,” Ortiz wrote.
Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff also faced questions from the student body during a campus assembly on Monday as protests took over the college.
“We’re not hiding anything at Cornell,” Kotlikoff told students, according to the Cornell Daily Sun student newspaper. “You will hear proposals from us going forward around what we’re going to do to try and improve this culture and address this problem.”
Kotlikoff has so far dismissed student calls for his resignation.
