Columbia University announced on Monday that it was canceling a concert scheduled for this fall because of “safety concerns associated with drinking and sexual harassment.”
The decision, which was reported by The Columbia Spectator campus newspaper, was made during a meeting among the university’s four undergraduate deans and members of the bacchanal committee.
The committee issued a press release following the decision, which outlined some of the concerns.
This effort to minimize the possibility of sexual violence comes after the university faced scrutiny earlier this year. In April, a group of 23 students filed a federal complaint alleging that Columbia had mishandled reported instances of sexual violence.
