57 men in a Cornell group chat. Zero courage at 1:42 am – Washington Examiner

At 1:42 a.m., a message appeared in a Snapchat group of 57 fraternity brothers at Cornell University. We have now learned that a 20-year-old woman was heavily intoxicated at the frat house and, as the lawsuit alleges, unable to give consent. The message that went out to the group described her in crude, dehumanizing terms as sexually available. “Shop still open?” one fraternity member asked. “Yea,” came the cold reply. What happened to that young woman is now the subject of a civil lawsuit and a reopened criminal investigation. Seven former fraternity members are accused of sexually assaulting her. They deny the allegations, and a court of law has not determined guilt. But America does not need to wait for a verdict before confronting the question raised by those messages.  What kind of young men are we raising and are we teaching them to have the courage to act when it matters?  I ask that question as the president of Colorado Christian University where every single day, staff alongside parents, share the enormous responsibility of educating young men and women and preparing them for the lives they will lead when they leave us. That responsibility extends beyond the qualifications they
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