Between a routine morning press conference (more questions about the Donahue – Dunphy showdown) and a standard media practice (lots of lay-up drills), what stood out most today was the atmosphere in the men’s basketball’s team locker room in Jacksonville, Florida.
The phrase has simultaneously drawn up feelings of pride and awkwardness in Cornellians for decades. But this winter break as I externed at three different TV news stations shortly after Cornell came nail-bitingly close to beating Kansas, the phrase was nowhere to be heard.
Introductory courses should be about separating talented students from those won't be able to succeed in the field, an idea the computer science department has recently shied away from.
Juniors hoping to secure jobs in the software industry should look to open-source software as a way to learn practical knowledge about software development from peers and to meet developers who have a passion for great software.