Class 14: Pause for Breath

Held: Tuesday, 14 February 2017

We pause to consider a variety of issues

Preliminaries

Related Pages

• Eboard 14 (Source)

Updates

News / Etc.

• Continue partners.
• Happy valentine’s day! I brought you treats.
• We start a new model of images today. Yay!
• Don’t ask about new extra credit events ten minutes before they start.

Reminders

• Use our tutors! We have tutors available Sunday through Thursday evening from 7-10 p.m. in Science 3813/15.
• Ask questions via email! I’m always happy to (try to) answer questions via email. There is no need to apologize when sending me questions. If I take too long to answer, send another email (or even text, if it’s a reasonable hour).
• Visit me in my office! I’m always happy to see students during my office hours. I prefer that you book me at https://rebelsky.youcanbook.me, but you can also just show up during office hours and hope that I’m not busy.
• Visit mentor sessions! We have mentor sessions on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 8:00-9:00 p.m. in the CS Commons. Wednesdays will be more Q&A, Thursdays will include sample quizzes.
• Visit review sessions! I run review sessions on Thursdays at 9am in this room.
• We have individual tutors!
  We have individual tutors available for those who take advantage of the above and find that it’s not enough.
• Visit our store! We have office supplies in the commons. Price is free will donation.
• Get news! Feel free to ask me to sign you up for the department mailing list.
• Suggest extra credit! Send me extra credit ideas and opportunities.

Upcoming Work

• Exam 1 due TONIGHT at 10:30 p.m.
  • If you’ve been using images in your directory for experiments, note that those paths make your exam identifiable. Make sure to change the image path to "/home/rebelsky/Desktop/kitten.jpg" or "/home/rebelsky/Desktop/kington.jpg".
• Epilogue due Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. (but do it immediately after the exam anyway)

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

• CS Table, Tuesday at noon, 14 Feb 2017. On Technology, Slots, and Whales. Reading packets should be available outside Curtsinger’s office or Orsera’s office.
• Thursday extras, Thursday, 16 Feb 2017, 4:15 p.m., Science 3821: 4-1 joint BA/MSC program with UIowa.

Extra credit (Peer)

• Friday-Saturday-Sunday, 17th-19th, Swimming and diving conference championships. (You can only get credit for two of the three days; staying for an hour counts.)
• Saturday the 18th, Symphony Concert. 2-4 p.m. Sound painting and more! In Sebring-Lewis.
• Art house print making and cookie decorating event. Saturday February 18th, 1-3PM on JRC 227.

Good things to do

• Women’s basketball (Senior day) next Saturday at 1pm.
• Men’s basketball (Senior day) next Saturday at 3pm.
• Slavic coffee house, Saturday, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Bucksbaum Rotunda.