Josh Gad criticizes Cornell's reported essay sanctions
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“the resulting disciplinary action is to hand out (checks notes) ESSAYS”
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Original post
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Gad's post criticizes essay-based discipline as he understood it when he posted.
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Us Weekly quotes both Instagram statements and describes the complaint and Cornell's initial response.
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Cornell says its Title IX process resulted in expulsions and suspensions, and says no student was offered an essay as the sole consequence of conduct found to have occurred.
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Gad posted after news accounts described the complaint and the attorney's account of sanctions.
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Cornell later said the process resulted in expulsions and suspensions, and rejected the essay-only account.
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Responding to: Cornell's disciplinary response to the Chi Phi allegations was inadequate.
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Why this label?
Gad portrays the reported disciplinary response as too lenient. Cornell later disputed the essay-only description.
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