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SUNY Cortland faculty and staff this Friday will share their thoughts and ideas about unacceptable behavior during the 2013 Cortaca weekend at a public meeting with the commission formed to address the problem.

Members of the Community and College Commission will hear their input at 2 p.m. Friday, March 21, in the Corey Union Exhibition Lounge. This is the commission’s last scheduled public meeting before it puts together a list of recommended actions for Cortland Mayor Brian Tobin and SUNY Cortland President Erik J. Bitterbaum.

“Our faculty and staff have very valuable insight and perspective on this topic,” said Kimberly Pietro, one of the commission’s co-chairs. “We look forward to hearing their thoughts about what can be done to prevent destructive and potentially dangerous behavior surrounding this event.”

Pietro, SUNY Cortland’s vice president for institutional advancement, and Bruce Tytler M ’88 CAS ’05 — school principal at Whitney Point (N.Y.) High School, former Cortland mayor and member of the College Council — were selected to lead the 20-member commission, which was appointed by Tobin and Bitterbaum last fall.

The commission and its subcommittees have met more than a dozen times this year and have collected the observations and recommendations of community members, local businesses, landlords and students. It is expected to issue a final report later this spring.