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The chair of Cornell College’s Philosophy Department is suing her institution, its provost Ilene Crawford, its former Dean of Students Jackie Wilson, and a professor who she said obsessively and persistently sexually harassed her.



Associate Professor of Philosophy Megan Altman filed the lawsuit Dec. 16 in Linn County District Court, accusing her employer and the three named employees of sex-based discrimination and retaliation — which she said began in earnest in October 2022, three years after Altman started working at Cornell in August 2019.


Hired as an assistant professor of philosophy — teaching ethics, 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, Latin American philosophy, and feminist philosophy — Altman was promoted in 2023 to associate professor and currently serves as department chair.




In October 2022, she requested to “work a remote winter in Europe” and received approval from the department’s chair at the time. But professor Jim White — who had taught at Cornell for 35 years and was chair when Altman was hired — tried to block it, telling her, “I don’t want you to go because I’ll miss you,” according to the lawsuit.


In May 2023, Altman in her lawsuit said White told her, “I need you to need me” after noticing she had made other friends at work — compelling her to avoid his “attempts of non-professional conversations” for the subsequent summer.


When Altman returned for the fall semester in August, she said White came into her office asking, “So are we just going to continue to ignore each other?”


She left her office during that encounter — to avoid the confrontation — and said that White the next day came within inches of her face to request “an hour this week to get together.”





An attempt to “normalize their professional relationship” resulted in White posing a series of personal questions — and telling Altman on Aug. 31 that she has a “lovely face,” according to the lawsuit.


In September, White left a chocolate bar outside Altman’s office, eventually bringing it in, and texting her a poem.


“Can we please talk about this? Can we please talk?” Altman reported White said to her. “I’m so distraught. I can’t sleep. I’m torn up. Can we please talk?”


When Altman told White his behavior and advances made her uncomfortable, he expressed frustration and threatened retirement.


“On September 14, 2023, Ms. Altman heard White stomp up and down the stairs, throw objects around, shake the walls, and exclaim, ‘I can’t work with her here! If I could retire today, I would! I’m done with this department! I’m done. Everything exploded yesterday. I can’t talk about this with her here’,” according to the lawsuit.


The chair sent Altman home “for her own safety,” and Altman scheduled meetings with Cornell’s human resources director and Title IX coordinator — filing a formal Title IX complaint on Sept. 25, 2023 and receiving a “no contact order” the next day.


“(Altman) was terrified by White’s increasing and continuous sexual harassment and his strange and inconsistent behavior,” according to her lawsuit.


White moved out of his office in Cornell’s “Prall House” in November and promptly filed a Title IX complaint against Altman — which she characterized in the lawsuit as an “openly and obviously retaliatory complaint.”


“White was willing to drop charges against her if (she) agreed to drop her Title IX claim against White, underlining the complainant’s illicit purposes,” according to her lawsuit.


Cornell’s human resources director encouraged Altman to accept White’s informal offer of resolution, and the campus in January 2024 dismissed a secondary retaliation complaint she had filed against him.


In February 2024, Altman said then-Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Wilson also “pressured” her to participate in the Informal resolution process, saying, “If you go the formal route, then it’s out of my hands and you could be found guilty of sexual misconduct.


“Jim could be found not responsible. And he would be right back in Prall House and there is nothing the college could do about that.”


Although Altman eventually agreed to the informal resolution process, she reported frustration over delays and the “ever-changing process” — and decided instead to file a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, which in November 2024 issued her a “right to sue” letter.


In the lawsuit, Altman accused not only White of repeated and constant sexual harassment, but Cornell of permitting it — resulting in mental and emotional harm and anguish, anxiety, and past and future loss of wages, benefits, and emoluments of employment.


A Cornell spokeswoman declined to comment on the pending litigation and personnel matters. White did not immediately respond to an email from The Gazette.


Altman remains on the Cornell faculty as chair of the philosophy department, according to the lawsuit and Cornell. White — who first began teaching philosophy at Cornell in 1987 — no longer is listed among the faculty or faculty emeriti on the philosophy department’s web page.


Wilson, who started as Cornell dean of students in July 2022 after previously serving in the same role at the University of Alaska Southeast, left Mount Vernon in July 2024 to serve as dean of students and Title IX coordinator at College of Saint Mary in Omaha.


Cornell education professor Kate Kauper stepped in as her successor in August.

Vice President Kamala Harris suggested that the victims of the Southern California fires be patient in a statement that has since gone viral for the wrong reasons.

Over 88,000 Californians remain under evacuation orders, largely in the Los Angeles area, as of Wednesday after multiple fires burned 40,000 acres. At least 25 people have died as wildfires continue to spread across the region. According to Harris, FEMA still has some search and rescue work to do. She went on to console victims with one of her notorious world salads.

"Lots of people who still have a home who are under evacuation order, I know you want to get back home, but this is a time to be patient," Harris said. "It’s critically important that, to the extent you can find anything that gives you an ability to be patient in this extremely dangerous and unprecedented crisis, that you do."

"It’s terrifying to think how Kamala would have treated the American people if this is how she treats her home state supporters," Media Research Center President Brent Bozell responded to the clip on X.

"The bullet we just dodged on display!" another user wrote.

"Did Kamala just tell them to calm down?" another user commented.

"What she's trying to express here with this confusing word salad is that it's super important for LA residents to be patient with the bungling incompetence & appalling stupidity of CA Democrats & not to link the ongoing disaster to their woke, civilization-destroying policies," another user wrote.

Many of the fires have spread into neighborhoods and destroyed homes. Over a week after the fires sparked, as many as 12,300 structures have burned.

The Pacific Palisades neighborhood has been the hardest hit area, with the most buildings burned but also because of empty fire hydrants. Los Angeles Water and Power Department Chief Engineer Janisse Quinones confirmed in a press conference that all three water tanks ran out of a million gallons of water each a week ago, hours after the fires started. As of Wednesday, the fire there is 19% contained.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The late hit call was absolute bullshit gifting them 3 I'll start there. However, the last 3 drives on O we didn't do jack shit and got way too conservative. As soon as I think Sully is the guy he looks like deer in headlights on basic elements of the game. Iowa should have won this game and yet pissed it away again by their own doing. I don't know what to think about next season but I'm getting sick of this shit.

Best way to deter mass violence against yourself and those like you is to ensure those contemplating the violence that there will be costs to carrying it out.

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Would you rather Fvck Hulk Hogan but he has a vagina or Fvck Megan Foxs ass but she has a big ol dick? You get to pick the position.

liberals can complain below…

Women's AP Top 25 (1/6)
1. UCLA (30) (15-0)
2. South Carolina (14-1)
3. Notre Dame (2) (12-2)
4. USC (14-1)
5. Texas (15-1)
6. LSU (17-0)
7. Connecticut (13-2)
8. Maryland (14-0)
9. Ohio State (14-0)
10. Oklahoma (13-2)
11. TCU (15-1)
12. Kansas State (15-1)
13. Georgia Tech (15-0)
14. Duke (12-3)
15. Kentucky (13-1)
16. Tennessee (13-1)
17. West Virginia (12-2)
18. Alabama (15-1)
19. North Carolina (13-3)
20. Michigan State (12-2)
21. North Carolina State (11-3)
22. Utah (12-2)
23. Iowa (12-3)
24. California (14-2)
25. Michigan (10-4)

Others Receiving Votes
Florida State, Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Harvard, Minnesota, Oklahoma State, Washington, Mississippi State

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USA Today Coaches Poll (1/7)
1. UCLA (31) (15-0)
2. South Carolina (14-1)
3. Notre Dame (12-2)
4. LSU (17-0)
5. USC (14-1)
6. Texas (15-1)
7. Maryland (14-0)
8. Connecticut (13-2)
9. Ohio State (14-0)
10. Kansas State (15-1)
11. Oklahoma (13-2)
12. TCU (15-1)
13. Georgia Tech (15-0)
14. Duke (12-3)
15. Tennessee (13-1)
16. Kentucky (13-1)
17. West Virginia (12-2)
18. North Carolina (13-3)
19t. Alabama (15-1)
19t. North Carolina State (11-3)
21. Michigan State (12-2)
22. Utah (12-2)
23. Iowa (12-3)
24. Florida State (13-2)
25. California (14-2)

Others Receiving Votes
Baylor, Mississippi, Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Michigan, St. Joseph's, South Dakota State, Creighton, Harvard, Seton Hall, George Mason, Florida Gulf Coast, Nebraska

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Three Thoughts on the Iowa's addition of Bryce Hawthorne out of the transfer portal:

- Iowa's options at DT heading into 2025
- Iowa's overall depth on the DL for next year
- going after Hawthorne's SDSU teammate, QB Mark Gronowski

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The Bears pulled off a great, deceptive 90 yard punt return TD, video replay below. They forced a fumble and went 20 yards for a TD.

At halftime the Bears have 57 yards of offense vs the Packers 222 yet Bears lead 14-13. J Love is out and hurt his hand. Kirk Ball 101 and working so far.

I do predict that the Packers will win it as the bears just cant move the ball very well. The packers are the better team but maybe by 25% and we know when Iowa plays a team distinctively better than them that Kirk Ball doesnt always hold up.

The punt return was a punt from the bears 45 yard line, the bears return team and returner all faked like the coffin corner kick was heading to one sideline while one lone Bears blocker went to the other side of the field and guess what the ball went to the lone guy who didnt hardly need a block to go 90 yards.

Tied with Michigan State????

Yep.

Better than Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State and Michigan?

Yep.

Thoughts?

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