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POLLACK INAUGURATED AS 14TH PRESIDENT
Four former presidents attend as new C.U. leader takes helm By STEPHANY KIM and ANNA DELWICHE Sun News Editors
Gathered between the statues of Cornellâs founders, the Cornell community and members from all over the country gathered on the Arts Quad for the inauguration of the Universityâs 14th president, Martha E. Pollack. As she officially takes the helm, Pollack will be the fifth president to serve Cornell within the past 15 years. Following the procession of attendees and several introductory remarks, Pollack began by framing her speech with the roots of the University, the founding principles of Ezra Cornell and A.D. White, that have guided the institution throughout the years. âThe vision that Cornell and White had is embodied in our founding principle: to be a place âwhere any person can
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find instruction in any study,ââ Pollack said. Building from this notion of inclusiveness in higher education, Pollack quoted Cornell historian Carl Becker who said in a speech that there is âno reason for the exis-
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Big (Red) changes | Cornell inaugurates Martha Pollack on Friday, the Universityâs fifth president in 15 years.
tence of Cornell, or of any university⌠except in so far as they serve to maintain and promote the humane and rational values which are essential to the preservation of See INAUGURATION page 5
C.U. Appoints1st Muslim Chaplain Cornell Hillel to Host After more than 20 years, MECAâs efforts are fulfilled By ALISHA GUPTA Sun Assistant News Editor
The Muslim Educational and Cultural Association has announced the appointment of Yasin Ahmed as Cornellâs first Muslim chaplain earlier this month â an appointment that MECA has had in its goals for over 20 years. But, this historical achievement did not come without its difficulties. The biggest obstacle to the appointment was funding. Unlike other Ivy League institutions, Cornellâs charter does not provide funding for religious positions. Instead, this position will be funded by the donations of alumni and other supporters. Past members of MECA said the chaplaincy was long overdue for the Muslim community. âWeâve been trying for a very long time, for the chaplaincy,â said Fariha Ahsan â13, a member of the Diwan Foundation
for Cornell Muslim Life â the realize my potential for my group that ultimately appointed humanity,â he said. âWhen I Ahmed. âWeâre finally at the realized that, with the help of both Christians stage where we could get fundâWeâve been trying and Muslims, I decided to use ing for a sustainfor a very long time that newfound able position.â Ahmed â for the chaplaincy. humanity to help others find it as who has his Weâre finally at the well.â Masters in Ahmed hopes Christian and stage where we to use his newMuslim relations could get funding.â found position to from Hartford build a stronger Seminary and is Fariha Ahsan â13 community on currently workCornellâs caming on his chaplaincy degree â said that his pus. âWeâre working on relationdiscovery of faith pushed him toward a role where he could ships that establish a community that looks out for help others. âWhen I found Islam, it was each other and for those who are something that really helped me not within the community itself,â he said. â[We want] to value each individual and inculcate that ethic and that ethos into individuals so that they carry it into whoever else they meet.â Ahsan describes a rigorous application process to find the candidate most suitable for the role. âThere was a first stage of interviewing, which consisted of AHMED
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How I Met Your Mother Star By GIRISHA ARORA
Sun Assistant News Editor
Josh Radnor, best known for his role as Ted Mosby in the Emmy-nominated show How I Met Your Mother, will be speaking to the Cornell Community on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Radnor, who got his undergraduate degree at Kenyon College, is the latest RADNOR speaker in the Major Speaker chair of the Major Series organized by Cornell Hillel, which over the last Speaker Series. Pushner called Radnor an year has brought 6-time Olympic medalist Aly âobvious choiceâ for the Raisman and Josh Peck of â[He] made his name because of his role Drake and Josh to interact with in How I Met Your Mother, but his Cornellians. The series is experience ...will interest a lot of people.â made possible Molly Pushner â19 by the Himan B r o w n Charitable Trust, which pro- series because of his âname vides a grant to Cornell recognitionâ and industryHillel to bring influential wide experience. speakers to Cornell, according to Molly Pushner â19, See RADNOR page 4