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december 2, 2013
t h e i n de pe n de n t s t u de n t n e w spa pe r of s y r acuse , n e w yor k
INSIDE NEWS
Ice cold Crepe and Gelato Boulevard adds a new location on Marshall Street. Page 3
INSIDE OPINION
Misguided SA’s resolution to alter policy directions in reporting child abuse reflects an unclear identity of the organization. Page 5
INSIDE pulp
Aiming higher A Syracuse alumna started a college tour business aimed at giving students a realistic view of college life. Page 9
INSIDE spo r t S
Going bowling Syracuse stunned Boston College with a touchdown in the final seconds to become bowl eligible. Page 20
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Embracing the moment
Terrel hunt (right) hugs Will Hicks, assistant athletics director for athletic performance, after Syracuse’s last-minute 34-31 win against Boston College on Saturday in the Carrier Dome. Hunt found Josh Parris on an 8-yard touchdown pass with six seconds remaining to send the Orange past the Eagles and clinch bowl eligibility for the third time in four years. With the celebration over and worries quelched, SU now awaits its postseason matchup.
JOLLY GREEN
GENTLEMAN By Shelby Netschke
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Staff Writer
f you shake his hand, he does not insist you call him president or doctor. Students call him Big Neil. And he loves it, but he’ll probably introduce himself, in a soft-spoken voice, as Neil. But until he steps down at the end of this semester, he is President Cornelius Murphy, the jolly, green-thinking gentleman at the head of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. To those at ESF, Murphy will be remembered for advocating
and connecting with students and faculty. Murphy works between 60-70 hours a week: He jumps through budgeting hoops, visits other schools, helps choose new faculty members, appears at events, writes the occasional Huffington Post article, attempts to squeeze in meetings and, if they are lucky enough to catch him at his desk, talks to his students. He said whenever he speaks with students, they help make him a better person. And the students, Murphy said, are the part of his job he will miss the most after almost 14 years at ESF.
As SUNY-ESF president prepares to step down, campus reflects on his friendliness, presence
Shooting occurs near South By Maggie Cregan Asst. News Editor
“I think to be an advocate and supporter of our students is probably one of the most important things I can do,” Murphy said. “If I can help our faculty achieve their research goals and objectives and assist them in their teaching responsibilities, that is probably my next most important thing.” ESF’s vice president, Joseph Rufo, has worked with Murphy for five years, and said Murphy combines two traits that are often mutually exclusive: He is a superb administrator and genuinely
A shooting between two SUVs driving on Nottingham Road ended at the Mobil Mart gas station near South Campus on Saturday. At 3:20 p.m., police said two young men were driving in a Lexus SUV when a black SUV overtook them on the driver’s side at the intersection of Nottingham Road and Broad Street and fired shots. The passenger suffered a minor graze wound to the back of his head
see murphy page 8
see shooting page 8