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Campus Files

Cayuga's Waiters

Campus Files

Audacy

Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.67.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Cornell's oldest and most historic a capella group was suddenly shut down in 2017 when allegations of severe hazing came to light. For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'll now hand you over to my best man, Eddie.

0:04.0

Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy!

0:09.0

Oh God!

0:10.0

Substitution, courtesy of Paddy Power, embarrassing Eddie, makes way for Sensible Samuel.

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1:07.2

What?

1:16.6

One of America's eight Ivy League schools, Cornell is an extremely prestigious institution. Its ranks include 64 Nobel laureates, 33 Rhodes Scholars, 63 Olympic medalists,

1:22.6

10 current Fortune 500 CEOs, 35 billionaires, and most important of all, approximately

1:29.3

1,000 Acapella-obsessed singers.

1:32.7

In fact, if there's one thing Cornell is known for, it's not the academics or the

1:37.2

alumni network, it's the near obsession with college acapella.

1:41.4

It's become so well-known that it's the butt of jokes on shows like The Office.

1:45.0

What am I going to do? Move back to Cornell? I know it's pathetic to relive your college years,

1:50.0

but cut me some slack. When I joined Here Comes Treble, that's when I became a freaking rock star in college.

1:58.0

But one day, the Cornell community was shocked to learn that the oldest and most prestigious

2:02.9

acapella group on campus, the Cayuga's Waiters, had been shut down and permanently banned

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