How Cornell has deepened college women’s nihilism about campus assault

Josephine Campos, 19, was feeling optimistic when she started her sophomore year at the University of Vermont. After spending the last few years focusing on herself, she was ready to date. She was going to be intentional, explore her options on the apps and at parties, put herself out there. But in September, when news broke of a former Cornell University student’s lawsuit against several men alleging they coerced her into taking drugs and then raped her, Campos told me she reconsidered. “Wait, do I really want to be doing this right now?” she asked herself. For many college women, it’s a fair question. In the time since Campos first learned of the lawsuit, the public has reacted with outrage over the school’s handling of the incident. The New York attorney general appointed a former federal prosecutor to investigate the allegations — yet, none of the seven accused men, who deny wrongdoing, have been criminally charged.

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