With students away on Spring Break, except me (stupid storm), I think most students will miss this interesting Cornell news item:
“We are distressed by the reports regarding a Cornell student’s torture of a dog. We find any abuse or torture of animals totally unacceptable and abhorrent and the facts of this incident as reported appear to be truly egregious.”
Read the rest of the release here.
This is an interesting case as it combines the typical “dog bites man” story (though reverse “dog” and “man,” apparently) and it directly relates to the new campus code of conduct. If this case picks up steam, look for it to be used as the reason for why we should welcome the new code with open arms. “Didn’t you hear about what that evil student did to that puppy??” Let’s see Danny Pearlstein and Jeff Purcell argue against that!
