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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
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Elizabeth Young ’15 praises the creative twists in flavor found at new downtown eatery Red’s Place. | Page 8
Three new eateries in downtown Ithaca were welcomed in a set of ceremonies Wednesday. | Page 3
The men’s tennis team compete at Princeton in the Farnsworth Ivy Plus Invitational this weekend. | Page 16
Vice President Murphy Announces Retirement Students:Murphy ‘genuinely cares’ for C.U. student body, connects on personal level
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By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer
Many Cornellians expressed shock upon learning of the departure of Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president for Student and Academic Services. Students who worked with Murphy through the Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars program — a program for which Murphy serves as an executive mentor — described her as a “compassionate” and “involved” mentor. Jordana Gilman ’14, a mentee from 2011 to 2014, said Murphy “genuinely cares” about student life. “Murphy has been at the center of student life at Cornell for so many years and has been an incredible resource, ally and inspiration for students,” Gilman said. “She genuinely cares about students and our goals,” Gilman said. In her role as Gilman’s mentor, Murphy encouraged her to take on independent projects, including last spring’s crowdsourced photography exhibit called “Women in the Big Picture.” “I felt comfortable going to her when I saw a problem on campus because I knew that she would take it seriously and work with me to find an answer or make a change,” she said. Megan Joyce ’17, a scholar in the Meinig program and the current executive mentoring liaison for Murphy’s mentee group, said Murphy expressed deep interest in student activities and feedback.
Administrative veteran | Susan Murphy in 2012 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Barnes Hall.
“It’s been really great getting to know her because she’s really friendly,” Joyce said. “She’s really, really interested in the students.” Breann Liebermann ’14, who acted as executive mentoring liaison for Murphy from 2011 to 2014, said she found that Murphy was “dedicated” to students. “I knew Susan to be not only dedicated to vimproving the student experience, but also See STUDENTS page 4
upon their strong desire to make a difference in the world.”
By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor
Murphy will continue to After more than 20 years at Cornell as vice president for remain at Cornell through June Student and Academic Services, 2016 to assist with “alumni Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94 engagement activities and key will retire from her post effec- fundraising projects” in the tive June 30, 2015, the Division of Alumni Affairs and University announced Development, according to a University press release. Wednesday. President David Skorton — During her tenure as an administrator, Murphy served as who will also leave his position the dean of of admission and at Cornell in 2015 to become financial aid for nine years the secretary of the Smithsonian before being appointed to her Institution — will begin a current vice presidency in 1994. national search for her replaceThroughout her tenure, she ment later this semester, the served as a liaison between University said. C o r n e l l ’s administration and the “Cornell has been a student body defining influence when dealing with campus in my life for more issues including suicide, than 40 years.” bias incidents and student Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D.’94 protests. “Cornell President Skorton lauded has been a defining influence in my life for more than 40 years,” Murphy’s “talents, perceptivMurphy said in a statement. ness, innovation and judg“The opportunity, as vice presi- ment,” describing her skills as dent, to work so closely with “unparalleled” in a statement. “Time and again, I have our students has been a privilege and huge reward. It has been drawn upon her wisdom and especially satisfying to create opportunities for students to act See MURPHY page 4
West Campus Fraternity Burglarized Wednesday Morning By DARA LEVY Sun Senior Editor
A burglary took place at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity early Wednesday morning, according to the Cornell University Police
Department. The suspect entered the rooms of three fraternity members at approximately 5:05 a.m. and took the money out of each of their wallets, according to Garrison Lovely ’16, president of the fraternity. The suspect
entered other bedrooms as well, but the wallets in those rooms were hidden, according to Lovely, who was also one of the brothers robbed. The suspect is thought to have entered the house — located at 104 Mary Anne
Wood Dr. — through an open basement window, according to Lovely. Lovely said the incident changed his perspective on University safety. See BURGLARY page 4
Winkler Talks Child Education Reform By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer
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Actor Henry Winkler — known for his role as “The Fonz” on Happy Days — spoke about his life and the state of American education at the Schwartz Center Wednesday night. Winkler began by introducing himself, giving an autobiographical account of his life from his childhood to making
it as a successful actor. His talk, though filled with jokes, was punctuated by the message that children need to be educated differently in America today. “I am an actor, a producer, a director, a writer of children’s books and I am in the bottom three percent academically in America,” Winkler said. Throughout the talk, Winkler used personal anecdotes that highlighted his childhood struggles with dyslexia to prove his point. “Reading was hard, math
was hard, and science was hard,” Winkler said. “I was great at lunch.” Winkler said his parents, who he called “the two short Germans,” were unsupportive of him as a child. “My parents had an affectionate phrase for me growing up. They called me [the German word for] dumb dog,” Winkler said. According to Winkler, only when he made it big as an actor See WINKLER page 4