Arraignment of Arrested Cornell Student Delayed While Grand Jury Determines...
John Greenwood ’20, the white student accused of beating a black Cornell student and calling him the N-word, will not be arraigned until December, his attorney and the local prosecutor announced on...
View ArticleCornell Professors to ‘Take a Knee’ in Solidarity with Athletes, Students
Scores of Cornell faculty members plan to take a knee on the Arts Quad on Wednesday in solidarity with football players who have been kneeling during the national anthem to bring awareness to issues...
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Black Students United’s Demands in Hand, Cornell President Faces First Big Test
Martha E. Pollack, nearing the six-month mark of her presidency, is facing her first major test at Cornell after hundreds of black students, responding to the arrest of a student who may be charged...
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Hundreds ‘Take a Knee’ to Support Athletes and Cornell Students Fighting Racism
Hundreds of professors, staff, students and locals took to the Arts Quad on Wednesday to kneel in solidarity with professional athletes and Cornell students who have been protesting brutality against...
View ArticleAdvisor to Dean Details New Diversity Initiatives After Assault
While recent events involving incidents of bias and discrimination have propelled the University to release plans for “diversity initiatives,” many students are looking for clarification of how...
View ArticleU.A. Refers Hate Crimes Resolution to Committee for Further Discussion
The alleged assault of a black student in Collegetown triggered both the Student Assembly and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly to pass resolutions barring hate speech on campus. However,...
View ArticlePolice Release Mugshot of Cornell Student Arrested Following Collegetown Assault
Responding to public records requests from The Sun and other news media, Ithaca Police on Thursday released the mugshot of the Cornell sophomore arrested following an assault in Collegetown that may...
View ArticlePollack Announces Task Force Leaders, Goals After Racially-Charged Incidents
Cornell President Martha Pollack on Wednesday announced the leaders, goals and timeframe of the presidential task force she formed last month after a series of incidents in which students felt attacked...
View ArticleProsecutor Charges White Cornell Student With Hate Crime for Allegedly...
The county’s top prosecutor charged a Cornell student with a hate crime on Monday, accusing the sophomore of targeting a black student in Collegetown because of his race, punching him in the face and...
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Greenwood ’20 ‘Never Touched’ Victim and Plans to Return to Cornell, Lawyer Says
The new attorney for John Greenwood ’20, the Cornell student charged with a hate crime, said on Wednesday that his client never touched the victim, that he took a lie detector test proving as much and...
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Lawyer Urges Judge to Toss Student’s Hate Crime Charge, Contests Details of...
The lawyer representing John P. A. Greenwood ’20 argued in a court filing that the judge should dismiss hate crime and other charges against his client, claiming that Greenwood was arrested unlawfully...
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Cornell Student Could Be Deported If Convicted of Hate Crime
The Cornell University student charged with a hate crime last semester could be permanently deported from the United States if he is convicted, and a federal immigration agency has already shown...
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Dismissing Charges Against Cornell Student Would Put ‘Community at Risk,’...
Matthew Van Houten, the Tompkins County district attorney prosecuting John Greenwood ’20, argued this week that dismissing hate crime and other charges against the sophomore, as Greenwood’s lawyer has...
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Prosecutor Drops Hate Crime Charge, Cornell Student Sentenced to 75 Hours of...
John P. A. Greenwood ’20 struck a plea deal with the county’s top prosecutor on Tuesday and agreed to complete 75 hours of community service in what amounted to a substantial reduction of the charges...
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR: A Warning in the Wake of Greenwood
To the Editor: In what can only be laughably called a punishment, John Greenwood ’20 took a plea deal and was ordered to do 75 hours of community service — less time than the membership requirements of...
View ArticleU.A. Refers Hate Crimes Resolution to Committee for Further Discussion
The alleged assault of a black student in Collegetown triggered both the Student Assembly and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly to pass resolutions barring hate speech on campus. However,...
View ArticlePolice Release Mugshot of Cornell Student Arrested Following Collegetown Assault
Responding to public records requests from The Sun and other news media, Ithaca Police on Thursday released the mugshot of the Cornell sophomore arrested following an assault in Collegetown that may...
View ArticlePollack Announces Task Force Leaders, Goals After Racially-Charged Incidents
Cornell President Martha Pollack on Wednesday announced the leaders, goals and timeframe of the presidential task force she formed last month after a series of incidents in which students felt attacked...
View ArticleProsecutor Charges White Cornell Student With Hate Crime for Allegedly...
The county’s top prosecutor charged a Cornell student with a hate crime on Monday, accusing the sophomore of targeting a black student in Collegetown because of his race, punching him in the face and...
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Greenwood ’20 ‘Never Touched’ Victim and Plans to Return to Cornell, Lawyer Says
The new attorney for John Greenwood ’20, the Cornell student charged with a hate crime, said on Wednesday that his client never touched the victim, that he took a lie detector test proving as much and...
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