March 16, 2009

The Green Room

The Green Room is now open!

The Green Room is the entry of Dennis Hall- essentially the other side of
110. It is a designated area to display all of the progress of the environmental
programs across campus. In the best possible scenario it will be a place
where community members, students, staff, etc. come to eat lunch or bring
museum tours to view dioramas, digital art/CS projects, posters such as
the campus map with all areas highlighted that have anything to do with
environmentalism (and especially recycling).

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March 15, 2009

March Major Madness

Discuss your major with other CS students and professors!
When: March 23rd @ noon
Where: Dennis Hall, Room 110

Of course, free food will be provided. Free of charge, and open-source, too!
(just remember if you edit it you have to eat it)

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Recycling Center

Dennis hall is the proud new owner of a paper recycling center!
Below the pendulum in Tracy's office are three containers for glossy paper, newspapers, and other paper.

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February 27, 2009

Come eat Charlie's chili!

The CS department's own professor Charlie Peck will be cooking for the 1st Annual Chili Supper sponsored by the Boston Community Fire Department. Come join the fun on Saturday, February 27 from 5 - 8 pm at the Boston Firehouse: 102 S. Salem St., Boston, IN 47324. $5.00/Person includes 1 Beverage and all the chili you can eat. Additional beverages maybe purchased separately. Chili’s will range from mild to highly spicy. There will also be crackers, corn muffins and all the fixings.

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February 24, 2009

Earlham Team Wins 3rd in Cyber Defense Competition

The Earlham College team took third place last weekend at the Iowa State National Cyber Defense Competition (CDC). The eight-hour competition ran through the morning and afternoon, with the tired but valiant Earlham CS students keeping the lead most of the afternoon. The final results reflected the closest top scores in CDC history:

There were 10 points separating 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-place, with top score being around 1800 points, meaning about a (1/2)% differential separating the top three finishers! Iowa State eeked out a first-place finish, with University of Northern Iowa's's team Panther finishing second by only a 4-point margin. Earlham College finished 3rd by a razor's edge margin of 6 points.

The Cyber Defense Competition ran from Friday, February 20 - Saturday, February 21st. The third-place winning Earlham team consisted of Matt Edlefsen, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Ben Goldstone, Samuel Leeman-Munk, and Samuel Wein.

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February 17, 2009

HIP's TrafficCam Helps Secure Traffic Light

The HIP group's TrafficCam project (http://stewie.cs.earlham.edu:8080/) played a small part in helping Earlham College secure a traffic light for the main campus entrance on National Road West. The College's press release describes the process: http://pressroom.earlham.edu/articles/2009/02/after-nearly-half-century-effort-earlham-get-traffic-signal-entrance

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