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INDEPENDENT SINCE 1880

The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 130, No. 22

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

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ITHACA, NEW YORK

16 Pages – Free

News

Arts

Sports

Weather

War and Peace

Road to Success

Victorious

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A professor says she thinks Syria shows a shift in the U.S. approach to war. | Page 3

The Sun’s arts section interviews Chris Fenton ’93, a film executive.

The women’s field hockey hopes to continue a streak of strong play at home.

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Univ.Raises $627M In 2013 Fiscal Year

Sounds of harmony

By CAROLINE FLAX Sun News Editor

Infrastructure, a model in which desktop computers and applications run on a centralized server. Many educational institutions and industries have had success in implementing VDI “because of its advantages for both information technology departments and for users,” according to Jeff Bishop, associate director and network administra-

In a major step forward for the “Cornell Now” fundraising campaign, the University announced that it raised $627 million during the 2013 fiscal year — marking its third best fundraising year ever. The donations included a record-breaking $475 million in cash gifts. Additionally, the Cornell Annual Fund broke its fundraising record yet again, raising $33.3 million, according to Charles Phlegar, vice presi- “[Cornell has] been dent for alumni affairs and development. “The Annual Fund record has been bro- able to count [on] ... support to help ken 11 straight years, but [for] fundraising records, we have had five of our best years make the Cornell over the last six years,” Phlegar said. experience Joe Lyons ’98, director of the Cornell what it is.” Annual Fund, said it felt fantastic seeing the outpouring of gifts to the University, Joe Lyons ’98 adding that this year’s fundraising cycle showed the “continually growing commitment and generosity” of the alumni, parents and friends of the University. “It means that for 11 years in a row, the University’s leaders have been able to count [on] increased unrestricted support to help make the Cornell experience what it is,” Lyons said in an email. “And, at the bottom line, the exceptional impact is the most important aspect of the new records each year.” With this year’s donations, Phlegar said the University has raised $4.2 billion out of the $4.75 billion goal that Cornell has set for the “Cornell Now” campaign. The campaign will conclude in December 2015, after the University celebrates its sesquicentennial.

See VIRTUAL page 4

See FUNDRAISING page 5

SIMON LI / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

Ithaca residents and Cornell community members gather in Anabel Taylor Hall for an organ recital Tuesday night. The recital was organized by the Westfield Center.

Virtual Desktops Come to C.U. By EMMA COURT Sun City Editor

Over the last three years, some computers at various schools and offices around the University have been disappearing, while in their place, little black boxes that connect to a central server have appeared. The changes are all part of Virtual Desktop

Graduate Student Israeli Bedouin Reflects on Diplomacy Dies,University Says By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA

Sun Staff Write

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

Turi Alcoser grad, a 23-year-old student in the College of Engineering, died Monday. Alcoser was a Ph.D. candidate studying the properties and growth of breast cancer tumor cells in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, according to John Carberry, director of press relations for the University. The cause of death has not yet been determined, Carberry said. Alcoser’s research in the field of biomedical engineering earned him multiple accolades, including a Young Investigator Award from the Physical Sciences Oncology Network and an honorable mention by the National Science Foundation’s 2013 Graduate Research Fellowship Award Program. Alcoser was also a Sloan Scholar at Cornell, according to a University press release. Prior to beginning his graduate studies at Cornell, Alcoser completed an undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University, where he began studying human cancer cells and was described in a university profile as being a promising researcher. Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president for Student and Academic Services, expressed her condolences in a statement. Akane Otani can be reached at managingeditor@cornellsun.com or twitter.com/akaneotani.

Both an Israeli and a Muslim, Ishmael Khaldi talked about what it means to be Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a minority in his own country at an event hosted by the Cornell Israeli Public Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Khaldi said he hoped his speech would help eliminate common misconceptions about Israel that exist due negative media portrayal, as well as help Cornellians learn about a different aspect of Israel’s culture. “I think that it’s wrong to judge a country without being there. Israel is an oasis of democracy — a success story — in the Middle East,” Khaldi said. “It is a

society that absorbs culture from different backgrounds.” Growing up a sheepherder in a small Bedouin village, Khaldi was able to successfully

pursue his dream of being a diplomat. “Above everything, I proved to myself that nothing is impossible. I am someone that grew up as a shepherd and

became a diplomat,” he said. However, he said his job is difficult, as he has to represent all facets of See ISRAEL page 4

“I think that it’s wrong to judge a country without being there. Israel is an oasis of democracy.” Ishmael Khaldi

OVAS TAHIR / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

KIshmael Khaldi, the first Bedouin diplomat in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks at Anabel Taylor Hall Tuesday.


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