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Class 50: More Discussion of Exam 3

Held:

We continue to discuss possible solutions to exam 3.

Preliminaries

Overview

  • Improving inefficient recursive code (with problem 3)
  • Patterns (with problem 3)

Updates

News / Etc.

  • We will use today’s class to discuss exam 3.
  • New partners!
  • Grading update
    • Robert Burns remains correct.
  • Note: I have convinced Andrew Kaufman to review your works.
  • I am frustrated that some of you found it necessary to receive (and perhaps, give) inappropriate assistance on exam 3 (and, looking back, on exam 2). In the future, please ask me for support, rather than asking others.
    • To the rest of the class: I apologize that the time it will take me to address these issues will delay my other work.

Upcoming Work

  • NO lab writeup!
  • Reading for Wednesday: Search algorithms
    • Make sure to do the self-check!
  • Projects due TONIGHT!
  • Exam 4 distributed Wednesday.
  • No quiz Friday.

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

  • CS Table, TODAY, Noon: Randomness or something.
  • The Harold W. ’38 and Jean Ryan ’38 Squire Lectureship in Physics. TONIGHT, 7:00 p.m., ARH 302. Astrophysicist Kartik Sheth (Grinnell class of 1993) will present From Mumbai to Grinnell to NASA HQ - Adventures in Time and Space
  • IMPORTANT: CS Extras, Thursday, May 4, 4:15 p.m.: Inclusion in CS. Science 2022. Please attend. Snacks available at 4:00 p.m.
  • NEW*: 5th annual Break open the vault, 8pm, Thursday, Special Collections.

Extra credit (Peer)

  • AAA event about gender-based violance in the APIA community, Loose, 3:00-4:30 TODAY
  • NEW. This Thursday, May 4, the Grinnell College Jazz Ensemble will STOP TRAFFIC. Literally. The city (with support from Chuong Garden) has agreed to close Broad Street between 4th and 5th for our end-of-semester concert. From 7-8pm, they’ll be playing “brave music for troubled times” on the steps of the Arts Center (926 Broad), including tunes by Marvin Gaye, George Michael, Charles Mingus, Grinnell’s own Aaron Israel Levin and Kendrick Lamar.
  • Grinnell Monologues is performing on this Thursday and Friday in Main Lounge at 7:30 p.m.
  • Drill Team Show, Friday, May 5, at Triple V stables. The other side of the golf course. Free rides (cars, not pony) to the event!
  • GSEA (Grinnell Space Exploration Agency) is launching a weather balloon on May 7th at 5:30AM. The balloon will go to almost-space and take pictures. It’ll also tell us about its location and the temperature of the air around it as it rises. We’re inviting people to come see the launch, if they want to come (despite the fact that it’s at 5:30AM).
  • Next home baseball game: Sunday, May 7 (Senior Day)
  • Advanced Performance Performances Sunday at 7pm in the Wall

Extra credit (Misc)

  • Make Your Mark on Phase 1!, Tuesday, May 2, 10 a.m., Near the Commencement Stage. (Light refreshments provided.) Leave a hand-print on the construction wall (which will become a Commencement backdrop!) to celebrate the Class of 2017. You can also make chopsticks from wood harvested at the construction site and get your photo taken at the construction-themed photo booth.
  • May 4 town hall on belonging. 11am, May 4, JRC 101. It sounds like we have some important things to discuss; please come share your perspectives!

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