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NATO Parliamentary member Safak Pavey discusses the Syrian migrant crisis. | Page 3
Lev Akabas ’19 presents The Sun’s summer movie preview, which includes Finding Dory. | Page 6
Cornell baseball won two of three against Wofford to pick up its first series victory. | Page 12
Panel Discusses Women,Minorities in Computer Science Calls C.S.department elitist, promotes compositional change
Girls who code | Students discuss diversity in computer science at a panel Monday. OMAR ABDUL-RAHIM / SUN CONTRIBUTOR
By KYLE OEFELEIN Sun Staff Writer
Over 50 undergraduates, faculty members and graduate students called for institutional changes to address the lack of inclusiveness in Cornell’s computer science community at a discussion panel on Monday. Students raised issues that ranged from elitism and condescension from the computer science faculty to racial discrimination and the tone of online forums. Female students shared several stories of times whenthey felt that their minority status in the field placed them at a disadvantage. “When my friend first brought that up to me, she said I never talk in class, never, but I’m ‘that blonde girl,’ and I have had people recognize me wherever I go from class,” said Sarah Sinclair ’16. See COMPUTER SCIENCE page 4
Hotel Dean Calls Departure‘Unrelated’ to Business College By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun News Editor
Michael D. Johnson, dean of the School of Hotel Administration, will leave Cornell for a provost position at Babson College in Massachusetts in a move “totally unrelated to the formation of the new Cornell College of Business,” he said. Johnson will depart Cornell this July as his second five-year term as dean draws to a close, according to a University press release. “Deans, provosts and presidents at Cornell serve two five-year terms, and this is year 10 for me,” Johnson said. “I told the SHA community last spring that this would be my final year at Cornell, long before I knew there would be a CCB.”
Johnson said his time at Cornell has been “a gift,” calling his term as Hotel School dean “10 of the best years” of his career. “My wife and I are the proud parents of three Cornellians — Alex ’12, Andrew ’15 and Thomas ’19,” Johnson said. “Foremost I am proud of the fact that, working with the students, faculty, staff and alumni, we took a school that was the best of its kind and made it even better.” Johnson added that he will miss the hotel students the most after his departure. “They make you laugh, and they can make you cry, but most of all they make you proud,” he said. “As leaders and entrepreneurs, they graduate and go on to lead and reinvent our industry and make posi-
tive contributions to our society. As alum- see Cornell and the Hotel School prosper ni, SHA students become hotelies for life.” in the years to come. Although he refers to Cornell and the Johnson said the provost position at Babson College “caught [his] attention Hotel School as “a special place with speimmediately” when he was searching for a new position. “I told the SHA community last “Babson had spring that this would be my been on my radar final year at Cornell.” screen for some time as it shares many of Dean Michael Johnson the same qualities as SHA,” he said. “Just as SHA is the number one school of its cial people,” Johnson said he looks forward kind in hospitality, Babson is the number to joining the Babson community. “I think the future is incredibly bright,” one institution of its kind in entrepreneurhe said. “My goal will be to work with ship education.” Johnson expressed excitement about his future at Babson but also said he hopes to See DEAN page 5
Hotelies to Host 91st Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell Conference
Happy Pi Day
By YUN SOO KIM Sun News Editor
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Students celebrate Pi Day Monday at Pi Delta Psi’s “PIE-A-PI” event on Ho Plaza.
Hotelies are eager to host the 91st annual Hotel Ezra Cornell conference — an event that all students in the School of Hotel Administration plan for almost a year — this weekend, according to Ben Pilosof ’16, HEC 91 communications director. The weekend-long business conference is organized and executed entirely by students, Pilosof said.
This year’s theme — “The New Normal” — will explore changes in the hospitality industry that range from the emergence of an ultra-luxury segment in the hotel market to the dangers of cybercrime, according to Pilosof. “We’re hosting a dynamic panel about evolving consumer behavior ... how new market entrants like Airbnb are changing the rules of hospitality,” he said. “Consumers have so many options now and they’re approaching travel in a whole new way.”
The event includes leisure activities and education programs open to the general public, Pilosof said. Taylor Meadows ’16, managing director of HEC 91, said her visions for this year are “collaboration, engagement, and inclusion.” “HEC is a reflection of what the students in SHA are passionate about, and as a result, we are constantly innovating and adapting to ensure that all hotelies are engaged See HEC page 5