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This information is copied from the daily outlines.

Class 41 (Wednesday, 9 May 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor office hours? No.
  • The Mayflower project will appear in the Herald Register.
  • If you are a senior and have not filled in the senior breakfast rsvp, please do so asap.

Upcoming work

  • Presentations Friday
    • About ten minutes + five minutes for Q&A + five minutes transition.
    • Make sure that your computer works in this class room or that you can use the computer that is in the room..
  • Final portfolios due end of finals week.
  • Project instructions due end of finals week.

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

Good things to do (Peer)

  • Piano concert tomorrow night!
  • WGMC Thursday at 6pm

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Arts thing Thursday at 7pm at the Stu.
  • CS Picnic Friday
  • Voice performance Friday night.

Class 40 (Monday, 7 May 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor Office Hours 8pm-9pm Tuesday, Thursday 7-9pm (tentative)
  • Monday’s class: Work on presentations.
  • Wednesday’s class: EOCEs and debrief (and work on presentations)
  • Friday’s class: Presentations

Upcoming work

  • No more readings
  • No more reports
  • Presentations Friday
    • About ten minutes + five minutes for Q&A.
    • Make sure that your computer works in this class room or that you can use the computer that is in the room..
  • Final portfolios due end of finals week.
  • Project instructions due end of finals week.

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

Good things to do (Peer)

  • Talk Tuesday at 7pm in Faulconer.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Arts thing Thursday at 7pm at the Stu.
  • WGMC Thursday
  • CS Picnic Friday
  • EN performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday night

Less good things to do (Misc)

Class 39 (Friday, 4 May 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Do we need mentor sessions next week? Probably not.
  • Please invite your community partners to our final presentations at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, 11 May 2018. (Our normal classroom.)
  • I responded to all of the journals that were submitted by 7:30 p.m.
  • Monday’s class: Work on presentations.
  • Wednesday’s class: EOCEs and debrief (and work on presentations)
    • Advice will be useful
  • Friday’s class: Presentations

Upcoming work

  • No more readings.
  • This week is your last week of reports.
  • Presentations a week from today.
    • About ten minutes + five minutes for Q&A.
    • Make sure that your computer works in this class room or that you can use the computer that is in the room..
  • Final portfolios due end of finals week.
  • Project instructions due end of finals week.

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Public science symposium TODAY
    • Up-goer five posters TODAY
    • Up-goer five poster reception 3pm TODAY (we’ll go)
    • Talk TODAY at 4:00 by Minute Physics Alum Celebs

Good things to do (Peer)

  • The Grinnellian Festival TOMORROW on commencement stage. Your classmates are probably performing at about 5:30 p.m.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Senior week stuff
  • Waltz

Less good things to do (Misc)

  • Alice
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show

Friday PSA

  • Please be moderate
  • The bubble is contracting; be safe
  • Don’t damage other people; consent is essential

Class 38 (Wednesday, 2 May 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions this week Thu 7-9.
  • Please invite your community partners to our final presentations at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, 11 May 2018. (Our normal classroom.)
  • Don’t forget to sign up for the CS picnic with PM!

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Public science symposium Thursday/Friday.
    • Cool talks Thursday
    • Up-goer five posters Friday
    • Up-goer five poster reception 3pm on Friday
    • Talk Friday at 4:15 by Minute Physics Alum Celebs

Good things to do (Peer)

  • The Grinnellian Festival on May 5 on commencement stage.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Senior week stuff
  • Waltz

Less good things to do (Misc)

  • Alice.

Class 37 (Monday, 30 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions this week Tue 8-9 and Thu 7-9.
  • Please invite your community partners to our final presentations at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, 11 May 2018. (Our normal classroom.)
  • Should we make a Twitter bot that generates two-word Grinnell slogans?

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Public science symposium Thursday/Friday.
    • Cool talks Thursday
    • Up-goer five posters Friday
    • Up-goer five poster reception 3pm on Friday
    • Talk Friday at 4:15 by Minute Physics Alum Celebs

Good things to do (Peer)

  • The Grinnellian Festival on May 5 on commencement stage.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Senior week stuff

Less good things to do (Misc)

Class 36 (Friday, 27 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions next week Tue 8-9 and Thu 7-9.
  • Please invite your community partners to our final presentations at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, 11 May 2018. (Our normal classroom.)
  • KY and I were noting that many of the ideas in the class don’t make sense until the second or third time you see them. It strikes me that for some of you, ‘template method’ works that way. We talked about it …
  • Question: Should we do POODR earlier in the semester? Yes.
  • “Sam, I want to …” Can I leave class at 3pm?
    • Provided you make up the work over the weekend.
    • And promise to be moderate over the weekend.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
  • Public science symposium next Thursday/Friday.
    • Cool talks Thursday
    • Up-goer five posters Friday
    • Up-goer five poster reception 3pm on Friday
    • Talk Friday at 4:15 by Minute Physics Alum Celebs

Good things to do (Peer)

  • Contra dance in main lounge 8pm Friday. See the Barn Owls.
  • The Grinnellian Festival on May 5 or so. The pointy finger people are performing.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Dance + Jazz (tonight (7:30), the day after this day (7:30), Sunday (2:00) )
    • Roberts theater
    • There are tickets, but it’s Grinnell. If you wait in line there will be tickets.
  • Senior week stuff next week

Less good things to do (Misc)

  • Relays
  • Titular head

Friday PSA

  • Take care of yourselves.

Class 35 (Wednesday, 25 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions this week Thu 7-9.
  • Please invite your community partners to our final presentations at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, 11 May 2018. (Our normal classroom.)

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Sexual Respect Awareness Month.

Good things to do (Peer)

  • WGMC 6pm on Thursdays.
  • Contra dance in main lounge 8pm Friday.
  • The Grinnellian Festival on May 5 or so. The pointy finger people are performing.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Dance + Jazz

Class 34 (Monday, 23 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions this week Tue 8-9 and Thu 7-9.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Sexual Respect Awareness Month.
  • Squire Lecture in Physics, Tuesday at 11:45: STEM Equality and Inclusion, a Female Astronomer’s View. Noyce 1023.
  • CS Table: OLPC.
  • The Cypher Paradigm: Closing Cypher, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., ARH 120.

Good things to do (Peer)

  • WGMC 6pm on Thursdays.
  • Contra dance in main lounge 8pm Friday.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Escape Room, 7-9pm Monday, Gates

Class 33 (Friday, 20 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions next week Tue 8-9 and Thu 7-9.
  • Reminder that Pair Programming is preferred practice.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Sexual Respect Awareness Month.
  • HackGC event this weekend.
  • Way too many cool movies and talks.
  • Rap concert tonight. (Opening act is a Grinnell alum.)
  • The Cypher Paradigm: Closing Cypher, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., ARH 120.
  • Squire Lecture in Physics, Tuesday at 11:45: STEM Equality and Inclusion, a Female Astronomer’s View. Noyce 1023.

Good things to do (Peer)

  • WGMC 6pm on Thursdays.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • ISO Cultural Evening Saturday night at 7pm in Harris
  • Escape Room, 7-9pm Monday, Gates
  • DAG field day.
  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21.
  • Water polo!
  • Men’s Tennis, April 21 & 22.

Friday PSA

  • Choices related to the date are not amusing.
  • Moderation in all things, even coding.

Class 32 (Wednesday, 18 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions this week Thu 7-9.
  • We have a new gues mentor.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Student research symposium this week.
  • Sexual Respect Awareness Week(s) this week and next.
  • HackGC event this weekend.
  • Convocation Thursday.

Good things to do (Peer)

  • WGMC 6pm on Thursdays.
  • Smith Show.
    • 6P’s in the Artist’s statement!

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21.
  • Men’s Tennis, April 21 & 22.

Class 31 (Monday, 16 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions this week Tu 6-7 and Thu 7-9.
  • We have a new class mascot.
  • Concern: Last-minute extension requests
    • The assignment has been on the schedule since the start of the semester.
    • I gave the details four weeks ago.
    • You know that writing is a multi-step process. (Outline, draft, [get feedback, rewrite]*).
    • So same-day requests worry me.
    • I know that lots of things come due at once, but you should be able to tell that in advance.
  • Friday options: Any two of the following
    • Visitor talk (Large-scale Rails programmer)
      • Free-form, with some priority on why an English major is a programmer
      • On a particular topic
      • Q&A
    • POODR Chapters 4&5 (We’ll do them the following Monday.)
    • Work time (with potential conversations with visitor).
  • After last week, now do expect all groups to be here for class on Wednesday or to let me know in advance, via email, that they are meeting with their partner or community partner.
  • We’re using the new presentation format this week. A trio of reviewers will meet with groups at the front of the room for a presentation. (You’ll still need to “present”; it will just be to a smaller audience.)
    • After presentations, we will work on individual problems.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Student research symposium this week.

Good things to do (Peer)

  • RS presents VR research Tuesday at 12 pm in JRC 101.
  • WGMC 6pm on Thursdays.
  • Smith Show.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Men’s Tennis, April 21 & 22.
  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21.

Class 30 (Friday, 13 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions next week Tu 8-9 and Thu 7-9.
  • Beware! Friday the 13th happens on a Friday this month.
  • Concern: Mis-gendering our book’s author.
  • Concern: How groups are approaching Wednesdays.
    • The goal is a substantial amount of time to work together along with room for advice
    • Alternatively, to meet together with your client or your mentor.
    • Some of you are doing some very different things.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Student research symposium next week.

Good things to do (Peer)

  • Drag show
  • RS presents VR research Tuesday at 12 pm in JRC 101.
  • WGMC 6pm on Thursdays.
  • Smith Show.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Men’s Tennis, April 14&15, 21, and 22.
  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21

Friday PSA

  • You are thoughtful, intelligent, caring people.
  • Consider in advance what is appropriate for you this weekend.
    • Excess is unlikely to be approriate.
  • Consent is necessary. But it may not suffice. Consider advance discussion/planning.

Class 29 (Wednesday, 11 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions this week Thu 7-9.
  • We’ll have sign-ups for help from K or S on the board.
  • Beware! Friday the 13th happens on a Friday this month.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Student research symposium next week.

Good things to do (Peer)

  • Drag show
  • RS presents VR research Tuesday at 12 pm in JRC 101.
  • WGMC 6pm on Thursday.
  • Smith Show opening today at 4:15 pm.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Men’s Tennis, April 14, 21, and 22.
  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21

Class 28 (Monday, 9 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • I’m still working on getting the 321/322 grades together. It took me three hours longer to write the code than I’d planned. Getting your grades together are on my agenda for tomorrow.
  • I brought food.
  • Mentor sessions this week Tu 8-9 and Thu 7-9.
  • Different demo format.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarashina talk tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Harris.
  • Tom Jorling presentation 7:30 p.m. tonight in Noyce 2022
  • Movie: Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA, Tuesday, 7pm
  • Mando Memorial Lecture, Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. in JRC 101

Good things to do (Peer)

  • Drag show

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Men’s Tennis, April 14, 21, and 22.
  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21

Class 27 (Friday, 6 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • In case you’ve forgotten, our weekly “rhythm” is
    • Monday: Presentations and work time
    • Wednesday: Work time
    • Friday: Reading discussion and work time
  • I’m still working on getting the 321/322 grades together. Probably Sunday night.
  • Note that you can find the code from thebook at https://github.com/skmetz/poodr.
  • Sorry for the confusion on the journal. I thought I had posted it on Monday. I should have Chapter 3’s journal posted on Sunday.
  • I am disappointed that Grinnell students did not hack the burrito contest.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Tabla concert Today 7:30 p.m.
  • Singers Sunday at 2pm.

Good things to do (Peer)

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Softball April 7 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
  • Men’s Tennis, April 14, 21, and 22.
  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21

Class 26 (Wednesday, 4 April 2018)

News / Etc.

  • In case you’ve forgotten, our weekly “rhythm” is
    • Monday: Presentations and work time
    • Wednesday: Work time
    • Friday: Reading discussion and work time
  • We will break our rhythm slightly this week. Vivek Venugopal ‘01 is speaking in the Creative Careers class on Friday. So we will either visit that class at 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m., depending on when he is speaking. (I know that not all of you will be able to make it.)
  • I’m still working on getting the 321/322 grades together. Probably Sunday night.
  • Mentor session moving.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • Cello concert tonight at 7:30 p.m.
  • Danforth lecture on Thursday at 11 am in JRC 101. Robert G. Bergman. “Irreproducibility in the Scientific Literature or: How Often do Scientists Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth?”
  • Visit the two exhibits at the Faulconer Gallery. (Are there still two exhibits in the Faulconer gallery?)
  • Guest writer Marlon James Thursday at 4:15 (JRC 101)and 8:00 (JRC 101)
  • Chelsea Handler livecast on Women’s Rights tomorrow at 6pm in Harris Cinema (Maybe 7. Sam looks at the Campus calendar. You probably get better info.)
  • Roxanne Gay talk Friday noon in Harris.
  • Tabla concert Friday 7:30 p.m.

Good things to do (Peer)

  • WGMC Thursday at 6pm.

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Discussion of the new Diversity and Inclusion Planning Document tonight at 6:00 p.m. in …?
  • Give to Grinnell on Scarlet and Give back Day!
  • Softball April 7 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
  • Singers Sunday at 2pm in S-L.
  • Men’s Tennis, April 14, 21, and 22.
  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21

Class 25 (Monday, 2 April 2018)

Moment of silence.

News / Etc.

  • Welcome back from break!
  • In case you’ve forgotten, our weekly “rhythm” is
    • Monday: Presentations and work time
    • Wednesday: Work time
    • Friday: Reading discussion and work time

Upcoming work

Dealing with grief

  • Let me know if I can help.
  • Let me know if adjustments to workload would help you cope. (reasonable adjustments)

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • CS Table Tuesday: Unknown topic
  • 4pm Tuesday in DLab: “Updating Close Reading for the 21st Century”
  • CS Extras Thursday: Unknown topic
  • Danforth lecture on Thursday at 11 am in JRC 101. Robert G. Bergman. “Irreproducibility in the Scientific Literature or: How Often do Scientists Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth?”
  • Visit the two exhibits at the Faulconer Gallery. (Are there still two exhibits in the Faulconer gallery?)
  • Roxanne Gay talk Friday noon (?).
  • Violin concert tonight at 7:30 p.m.
  • Cello concert Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Tabla concert Friday 7:30 p.m.

Good things to do (Peer)

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Softball April 7 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
  • Men’s Tennis, April 14, 21, and 22.
  • Track and Field Dick Young Invitational April 21
  • Singers Sunday at 2pm in S-L.

Class 24 (Friday, 16 March 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Have a good break!

Upcoming work

  • Reports today.
  • Paper: Write your own case study, based on a real case.

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

Good things to do (Peer)

Good things to do (Misc)

Class 23 (Wednesday, 14 March 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions will Thu 7-9.
    • We will reassess after break.
  • Happy pi day. I’m never sure what time we’re supposed to celebrate. 3/14-15:92:65:35….
  • Today and Friday are work time.

Upcoming work

  • Reports on Friday.
  • Paper: Write your own case study, based on a real case.

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

Good things to do (Peer)

  • WGMC at 6pm on Thursday.

Good things to do (Misc)

Class 22 (Monday, 12 March 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions will be Tue 7-8 and Thu 7-9.
    • We will reassess after break.
  • I’ll need help bringing food down for the CS extra in 1023.

Upcoming work

  • Paper: Write your own case study, based on a real case.

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • CS Extra Today! 4:15 In Science 1023. Food in that room at 4:00.
  • CS Table on Tuesday!

Good things to do (Peer)

Good things to do (Misc)

Class 21 (Friday, 9 March 2018)

News / Etc.

  • Mentor sessions will be Tue 8-9 and Thu 7-9.
    • We will reassess after break.
  • Monday is 50 min of presentations and 60 min of work time.
  • Discussion question w/o Sam
    • Would you prefer to do the last ethics session on Wednesday rather than Friday and consider Friday an optional class?
    • Decision: Monday is presentations and ethics. Wednesday and Friday are work days.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

  • CS Extra on Monday! 4:15 In Science 1023. For in that room at 4:00.
  • CS Table on Tuesday!

Good things to do (Peer)

Good things to do (Misc)

  • Play on campus.
  • High school is doing Little Mermaid.

Friday PSA

  • Take care of yourselves.
  • Remember that it’s daylight savings time.
  • Consent is necessary. Don’t damage someone else.

Class 20 (Wednesday, 7 March 2018)

News / Etc.

  • The Doodle Poll is closed! Mentor sessions will be Tue 8-9 and Thu 7-9.
    • We will reassess after break.
  • Today is a work day.
  • Starting next week, we’ll generally have two-hour classes.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

Good things to do (Peer)

Good things to do (Misc)

What did you learn about the two forms of user stories?

  • As a ROLE I want to TASK so that I can GOAL.
  • Given SITUATION then SOMETHING HAPPENS when SOMETHING ELSE

Nothing from the mentors; a reasonable amount from a Web search.

Class 19 (Monday, 5 March 2018)

News / Etc.

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

Good things to do (Peer)

Good things to do (Misc)

  • President White dive competition.
  • GHS Basketball

Class 18 (Friday, 2 March 2018)

News / Etc.

  • I am, as always, behind on grading.
  • Your mentor will be distributing a survey on good times to help with your projects.
  • Rails can be difficult to debug. Your “code thinking” skills will get a lot of workout this semester. (Mine, too.)

Upcoming work

Good things to do (Academic/Artistic)

Good things to do (Peer)

Good things to do (Misc)

  • President White dive competition.
  • GHS Basketball

Friday PSA

  • You are awesome wonderful people, please take care of yourselves.
  • Moderation.

Class 17 (Wednesday, 28 February 2018)

News / Etc.

  • I am, as always, behind on grading.

Upcoming work

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

Extra credit (Peer)

Extra credit (Misc)

Other good things

Class 16 (Monday, 26 February 2018)

News / Etc.

  • I am debating using some of week eight for CSC 321 material.
  • I am, as always, behind on grading.

Upcoming work

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

Extra credit (Peer)

Extra credit (Misc)

Other good things

Class 15 (Friday, 23 February 2018)

News / Etc.

Upcoming work

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

Extra credit (Peer)

Extra credit (Misc)

Other good things

Class 14 (Wednesday, 21 February 2018)

News / Etc.

Upcoming work

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

Extra credit (Peer)

Extra credit (Misc)

Other good things

Class 13 (Monday, 19 February 2018)

News / Etc.

Upcoming work

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

Extra credit (Peer)

Extra credit (Misc)

Other good things

Class 12 (Friday, 16 February 2018)

News / Etc.

Upcoming work

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

Extra credit (Peer)

Extra credit (Misc)

Other good things

Class 11 (Wednesday, 14 February 2018)

News / Etc.

Upcoming work

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

Extra credit (Peer)

Extra credit (Misc)

Other good things

Class 10 (Monday, 12 February 2018)

Notes and news

  • Alumni mentors visit Wednesday. Please try to clear lunch time, 4pm for their talk, (and 1pm and 2pm, if possible).
    • Lunch in Whale Room!
  • Welcome to Megan Goering!

Upcoming work

  • No current homework. Work on your projects.

Good things to do: Academic

  • Megan Goering talk Tuesday
  • CS Mentor talk Wednesday

Good things to do: Miscellaneous

Friday PSA

Class 9 (Friday, 9 February 2018)

Notes and news

  • Alumni mentors visit next Wednesday. Please try to clear lunch time, 4pm for their talk, (and 1pm and 2pm, if possible).
  • We’ll have a design thinking workshop on Monday.

Upcoming work

  • Weekly reports TODAY
  • No current homework. Work on your projects.

Good things to do: Academic

  • Megan Goering talk Tuesday
  • CS Mentor talk Wednesday

Good things to do: Miscellaneous

Friday PSA

Class 8 (Wednesday, 7 February 2018)

Notes and news

  • Alumni mentors visit next Wednesday. Please try to clear lunch time, 4pm for their talk, (and 1pm and 2pm, if possible).
  • We’ll have a design thinking workshop on Monday.
  • Sorry for neglecting questions on the reading. They are now posted.
  • Today’s class is mostly time for you to work. *

    Upcoming work

  • Weekly reports Friday
  • Reading: Chapter 1 of Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby

Good things to do: Academic

  • CS Table: Ownership in the Digital Age
  • CS Extras: The evolution of CSC 151

Good things to do: Miscellaneous

Class 7 (Monday, 5 February 2018)

Notes and news

  • Wednesday you’ll have class time to work on the project. KY and I will help you get projects up and running and interpret “documentation”.
  • We may have a visitor Friday.

Upcoming work

  • Weekly reports Friday (individual and group)

Good things to do: Academic

  • CS Table: Ownership in the Digital Age
  • CS Extras: The evolution of CSC 151

Good things to do: Miscellaneous

Class 6 (Friday, 2 February 2018)

Notes and news

Upcoming work

  • First sprint presentation
    • Short class presentation.
    • An overview of your project.
    • What you see as your main tasks for the first two weeks.
      • With point values.
    • The status of the project (if you can tell)

Good things to do: Academic

  • CS Table and Extras
  • Movie Sunday: I Am Not Your Negro, 4pm in the Strand

Good things to do: Miscellaneous

  • Indoor Track and Field Saturday at 9:30 am.
  • Swimming Saturday at 1:00 pm.
  • Tennis meet Sunday at 10:00 am.
  • Posse Plus Retreat Reflections, Community Hour next week (Tuesday, 11am, JRC 101)

Friday PSA

  • You are awesome.
  • Take care of yourself.
  • You can feel comfortable with your decisions.
  • But make most decisions in advance, not on the spur of the moment.
  • Be careful about generic Solo cups.
  • And if you choose to cohabit, consent is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

Class 5 (Wednesday, 31 January 2018)

Notes and news

Upcoming work

Good things to do: Academic

  • CS Table and Extras

Good things to do: Miscellaneous

  • Women in Computing Thursday at 6pm in CS Commons.
  • Trustees are in town Thursday-Saturday, if you have a chance to meet with them, consider using it.

Class 4 (Monday, 29 January 2018)

Notes and news

  • Good job on Wednesday and Friday last week. You impressed SS.

Upcoming work

  • PRINT six copies of your résumé and bring them to class on Wednesday.

Good things to do: Academic

  • CS Table and Extras

Good things to do: Miscellaneous

  • Women in Computing Thursday at 6pm in CS Commons.
  • Trustees are in town Thursday-Saturday, if you have a chance to meet with them, consider using it.

Class 3 (Friday, 26 January 2018)

Notes and news

  • Your mentor will be setting up office hours. Please respond to her email.

Upcoming work

  • Get your résumé up to date. We’ll be using it in class next week.
    • You’ll bring multiple cpies on Wednesday
  • Refresh your knowledge of Ruby by doing https://github.com/saasbook/hw-ruby-intro. (Due Monday.)
    • Those in CSC 321 will be doing those problems as part of the second homework in CSC 321.

Good things to do: Academic

  • Met opera
  • CS Table and Extras

Class 2 (Wednesday, 24 January 2018)

Notes and news

  • We will be meeting with partners on Friday and Monday. Please be on time and respectful.
  • Susan Sanning is speaking to us today. Please be respectful.

Upcoming work

  • Get your résumé up to date. We’ll be using it in class next week.
  • Refresh your knowledge of Ruby by doing https://github.com/saasbook/hw-ruby-intro. (Due Monday.)
    • Those in CSC 321 will be doing those problems as part of the second homework in CSC 321.

Good things to do: Academic

  • Convocation tomorrow
  • CS extras Thursday: Summer research opportunities in CS.

Class 1 (Monday, 22 January 2018)

Notes and news

  • Welcome back! I think I know most of you (at least from CSC 321), and I’m happy to be able to work with you again.
  • I will take attendance. (Who is in this class but not in 321?)
  • For the first time in a few years, I think I’ve gotten the Web site for the course ready for prime time. Please let me know if you notice problems.
    • A system misconfiguration made some pages unavailable. I particularly appreciate hearing about those.
  • Please fill out the Data Buddies survey that you received over break. https://cerp.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3UH7q6TmdZ8YRPD. Surveys are more meaningful if we get higher participation.
  • Starting on Wednesday, I plan to have a cart of laptops in this room for you to work on. (You’ll probably prefer your own laptops, but …)
    • Or would you prefer to be in 3818?

Upcoming work

Good things to do: Academic

  • CS table tomorrow
  • MLK day (+ 1 week + 1 day) event, Tuesday, 7:00 pm, JRC 101
  • CS extras Thursday: Summer research opportunities in CS.

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