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30 April 2003 - 1:25 am
Today was the annual ACM Fireside Chat where CS students get to discuss their pet peeves with Dr. Roman, the department chair, and other CS faculty members. This event always leaves me a little worked up. I won't even be going to school at WashU next year and this year's event was no exception. There was a great deal of discussion about moving the ACM lounge from its prime 4th floor of Lopata location to a less prime location on the first floor of Urbauer. Dr. Roman seemed to cave a bit toward the end, as he is no longer thinking in terms of ACM not having its own lounge anymore, and is trying to think of ways to partition the space so that both ACM and the graders can have separate, adjacent spaces. And on a different subject we discussed whether a class such as cs306 should become a prereq to cs342, hopefully eliminating the need for 342 to teach design patterns, C++, and UNIX all at the same time. I also managed to put in a few gripes about CEC, mainly for historical purposes. Anyway, it was a very good Fireside Chat. Thanks to Jim, Ben, and James for putting it together.
Posted by on 30 April 2003 at 1:08 AM
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I thought it was good too, and I think ACM should press for what it wants and needs to stay as vibrant as it is.
But I'm left with one concern: where was the fire for the fireside chat? I don't know the history of the event, but it surely must be the case that at one time it was held in a colder time of year and somewhere near a fireplace. What do the ACM historians say on this point?
Posted by rkc on 30 April 2003 - 6:20 AM