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Student Assembly - Resolution 17 (2024-2025)

Campus-Wide Community Restorative Day

  • Term:
    2024-2025
  • Assembly:
  • Status: Submitted to the President
  • Abstract: Setting a precedent for university community restorative days.

    Sponsored by: President deRham ’27, Executive VP Vinson ’25, Deputy Pres. Maggard ’26, VP Suarez ’27,
    VP Hite ’26, VP Chan ’25, VP Flournoy ’27
    Reviewed by: Executive Board, 11/12/2024
    Type of Action: Sense-of-the-Body
    Originally Presented: 11/14/2024
    Current Status: Adopted by the Assembly

    Whereas, the Cornell community mourns the tragic on-campus events that have detrimentally impacted the mental, emotional, and physical health of the student population.

    Whereas, on November 8th, a Cornell Crime Alert was distributed to the Cornell community describing an incident of a Cornell undergraduate student who was sexually assaulted and coerced into consuming ketamine and other drugs, on October 25th, 2024, in the 100 block of Edgemoor Lane in the City of Ithaca.

    Whereas, on November 10th, a woman was airlifted to an out-of-state hospital after falling into Fall Creek Gorge.

    Whereas, on November 10th ,a Cornell undergraduate student was found dead in Fall Creek Gorge.

    Whereas, we acknowledge the past practice of community restorative days in previous years in response to tragic events.

    Be it therefore resolved, that a community restorative day be granted to all matriculated Cornell students by Cornell University in the incident of a student death on or off of any institution labeled as a campus of Cornell University.

    Be it finally resolved, that a community restorative day be granted to all matriculated Cornell students by Cornell University in the incident that a sexual assault is reported through a Cornell Crime Alert.

    Respectfully Submitted,

    Zora deRham ‘27
    President of the Student Assembly

    Adam Vinson ‘25
    Executive Vice President of the Student Assembly

    Nicholas Maggard ‘26
    Deputy President of the Student Assembly

    David Suarez ‘27
    Vice President of Internal Operations of the Student Assembly

    Niles Hite ‘26
    Vice President for Finance of the Student Assembly

    Simone Chan ‘25
    Vice President of External Affairs of the Student Assembly

    Christian Flournoy ‘27
    Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion of the Student Assembly
  • Resolution File:
    Resolution 17.pdf (126.22 KB)
  • Supporting Documents:
  • Sponsors: Zora Patterson deRham (zpd3), Adam Sawyer Vinson (asv33), Nicholas Maggard (nm557), David Thomas Suarez (dts99), Niles Hite (nh353), Simone Chan (sc3336), Christian Elijah Flournoy (cef223)
  • Reviewing Committee: Executive Committee

History

Action Date
Adopted by the Assembly Nov 14, 2024
Conveyed to the President Mar 2, 2025

Associated Meetings

Assembly/Committee Date Meeting Minutes Details
Student Assembly Nov 14, 2024 No minutes View Nov 14, 2024 Meeting