New Jersey Gay Bar Apologizes Over Trivia Night Featuring Team “Cornell 7 Inches”

The owners of a New Jersey gay bar have issued a public video apology after hosting a trivia night at which a team competed under a name that mocked the story of an alleged gang-rape at Cornell University.As the Hoboken Daily Voice reported, patrons of the bar Pint in Jersey City took to social media earlier this week to relay that a team at a trivia night had named themselves “Cornell 7 Inches” — a crude anatomical reference to the “Cornell Seven,” a now-widely used moniker for the seven students an anonymous Jane Doe has accused of drugging and sexually assaulting her at a Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024.“when we heard that name our jaws literally dropped, i cannot believe someone would make light of something like this, and there were two teams of women there,” one Redditor wrote. “and as if that’s not bad enough, later on the host was announcing their score thus far and said “name is a little uncomfortable… but voted best name!”On Thursday, as the Daily Voice noted, Pint bar founder Wolf Sterling, standing alongside co-owner Tommy DeMaio, said that the name was “truly offensive” and “violates both how we want to treat our community and the standards we have for our business.” Sterling said that the trivia host had awarded the “best team name” designation “without our knowledge” and was promptly fired. Sterling also pledged that all the proceeds from trivia night would be donated to sexual violence prevention programs. See on Instagram The bar also clarified online misinformation in the comments section, noting that “Cornell 7 Inches” was not voted the best team name, but was “chosen by the trivia host, who has been fired.”The space now known as Pint first opened in 1911, and began operating as a gay bar after Sterling bought the bar in 2009. The Cornell 7 case has drawn renewed attention after the plaintiff, who has since graduated from the university, filed a federal lawsuit against the school and the Chi