EBoard 21: Lists (Section 3)

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Approximate overview

  • Administrative stuff
  • Lab
  • Quizzes

Administrative stuff

Introductory Notes

  • I’m continuing the “limited talk” experiment.
  • If you got an M or an R on your mid-semester assessment, please sign up for an appointment. (Appointments are available next week and the following week.)
  • Pop quizzes will resume Monday after break.

Upcoming work

  • Due Sunday, 2026-10-25
    • Nothing!
    • (Well, lab writeup.)
  • Due Tuesday, 2026-10-27
    • Mini-project 2 redo
      • Submit redo on Gradescope
      • When submitting a mini-project redo, please include a file called CHANGES.txt that describes what you’ve changed.
      • If you don’t submit the CHANGES.txt file, they won’t grade it.
  • Due THursday, 2026-10-29
  • On Friday, 2026-10-30
    • NEW Quiz/LA on list recursion (post-break topic)
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on testing
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on local bindings
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on collaboration
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on lists and list operations
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on conditionals
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on compose, cut, and section
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on tracing
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on decomposition
    • Makeup Quiz/LA on procedures

Upcoming activities

Scholarly

  • Tuesday, 27 October 2026, Noon–1:00 p.m., CS Commons. CS Table

Artistic/Cultural

  • Any day. Visit the GCMOA for at least 30 minutes.

Multicultural

  • Friday, 30 October 2026, 4:10–5:00 p.m., HSSC N1170 Middle of Everywhere (Somewhere)

Peer

Musical, theatric, sporting, academic, and similar events involving this section’s students are welcome.

  • Saturday, 24 October 2026, 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., Rosenbloom Field. Football vs. Cornell College

Wellness

  • Monday, 26 October 2026, 8:00–9:00 p.m., Prayer Garage in the CRSSJ. Meditation Group
  • Tuesday, 27 October 2026, 4:30–6:00 p.m., Bear P103. Wellness Yoga

Misc

  • Fill out the College AI survey at https://bit.ly/ACM-AI-Survey. There’s no need to submit evidence; just a reflection.
  • Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 8:00–9:00 p.m., Science 3820. Mentor Session
  • Thursday, 29 October 2026, 8:00–9:00 p.m., Science 3820. Mentor Session

Other good things

These do not earn tokens, but are worth your consideration.

  • Friday, 16 October 2026, 6:00–8:00 p.m., RKO Natatorium. Swimming and Diving vs. Augustana
  • Saturday, 17 October 2026, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Springer Field. Men’s Soccer vs. Lawrence University
  • Saturday, 17 October 2026, 1:30–3:30 p.m., Springer Field. Women’s Soccer vs. Lawrence University
  • Sunday, 18 October 2026, 2:00–4:00 p.m., Springer Field. Men’s Soccer vs. Gustavas Adolphus College

Fall break PSA

  • Fall break is a time to decompress from your work
  • Take care of yourselves!
  • Be moderate!
  • Try not to forget things from 151!
  • Consent is essential. Consent is also insufficient. Consent is impossible when impaired.

Lab

Core vocabulary

  • (cons val lst) - create a new list by putting val at the front of lst
  • (car lst) - grab the first element of lst
  • (cdr lst) - grab all but the first element of lst

Observation

  • (car (cons val lst)) is val
  • (cdr (cons val lst)) is lst

Quizzes