Updated · Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun · May 6
Graduate students call for President Kotlikoff's resignation after vehicle incident
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Updated · Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun · May 6
Graduate students call for President Kotlikoff's resignation after vehicle incident
5 articles · Updated · Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun · May 6
In a guest letter after Thursday's Day Hall confrontation at Cornell, signatories said videos showed Kotlikoff backing into a student and a recent graduate, with EMS checking Aiden Vallecillo after his foot was run over.
They accused Kotlikoff of sending a misleading Friday email that described him as being accosted by students and non-students after a Cornell Political Union debate featuring Norman Finkelstein.
The groups said the episode reflected wider concerns over Cornell's treatment of pro-Palestinian, immigrant, trans and international students, while arguing resignation is the minimum response needed to restore student safety.
With video allegedly contradicting his story, will Cornell's president face charges for striking a student?
Is this incident the tipping point for long-simmering tensions between Cornell's administration and its students?
Can a student get a fair investigation from campus police after being hit by the university president's car?