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From: solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky)
Newsgroups: soc.college,comp.sys.mac.programmer,misc.education
Subject: Re: Computer Science Programs
Date: 6 Sep 92 16:40:08 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <01050166.bqhosr@joebloe.maple-shade.nj.us>, joseph@joebloe.maple-shade.nj.us (Joseph Nathan Hall) writes:
|> 
|> In article <1992Aug22.161520.25980@athena.mit.edu> (soc.college,comp.sys.mac.programmer,misc.education), solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky) writes:
|> ) Perhaps, instead of your mock sincerity, you could discuss a legitimate
|> ) criticism of the methods used at MIT. Or are you all talk and no
|> ) substance? There are quite a number of opinions here, but nobody who
|> ) is intimidated by MIT has yet enlightened us with their opinions on
|> ) Computer Science Education. 
|> ) 
|> ) Jason W. Solinsky
|> ) 
|> 
|> Oh, golly, this wayward cross-posted thread is the most fun we've
|> had here in comp.sys.mac.programmer since, I dunno, APDA threatened
|> to stop distributing software on floppies.
|> 
|> I have my own strong opinions on undergraduate education.  I'll reserve
|> them.  I feel compelled to argue, however, that Jason's assertion that going
|> to a particular first or second tier school is necessary if you want to go to 
|> graduate school is bogus in the extreme.

As I had noted in several e-mails prior to my going away, that comment was
horrendously biased by my personal goals, and how I plan on going about
achieving them.

Please note, BTW, that I never suggested that the MIT way of learning was the
only way to do things. In fact, I stated the exact opposite and criticized our
program where I felt it was appropriate. I say this not because I feel that I
have been misrepresented in posts to the net, but because I have a couple of
e-mails from people who read that "snob 101" and came away believing that
I had made a comment to that effect.

Jason W. Solinsky
From: aww57119@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Andrew Walters)
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: n.e. missouri state university
Date: 13 Sep 92 23:49:47 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I hate to bother this group with another email address request, but the
email address for northeast missouri state university is not in the FAQ.
Does anyone know what it is. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.


-- 
Andrew Walters
aww@uiuc.edu
From: cb705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason K. Green)
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Re: n.e. missouri state university
Date: 15 Sep 1992 01:07:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: cb705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason K. Green)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, aww57119@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Andrew Walters) says:

>I hate to bother this group with another email address request, but the
>email address for northeast missouri state university is not in the FAQ.
>Does anyone know what it is. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
>

I believe most NEMO students are at academic.nemostate.edu . The site, at least
in my experience, is fingerable.  I don't thinks it's a UNIX system, so a 
message to postmaster@nemostate.edu might be your best bet.  Hope this helps.


-- 
Jason K. Green
cb705@cleveland.freenet.edu - Cleveland Freenet
jkg4286@hobbes.NebrWesleyan.edu - Nebraska Wesleyan University

Newsgroups: soc.college
From: justin@m2xenix.psg.com (Justin Norman)
Subject: college fin?
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 23:17:05 GMT

This is not a true soc.col issue, although it is because
if this doesn't work I won't be at college to soc!
 
anyways, here goes...  I am wondering if I can use
my federal grant money (pell, etc) for on campus
housing.  I have never heard anything about it be
used for tuition only, but I want to make sure before
I get the grants, etc.
 
It would be a downer to spend the next 10 years in
jail.  :-(
 
respond via email please
thanks
jn

justin@psg.com
jnorman@willamette.edu
Justin.Norman@dawggon.fidonet.org
Baxter Scientific Products Division
Newsgroups: soc.college,soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo
From: sploke@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (;-})
Subject: Re: Help!!! Need books to study for GRE CS Subject Test.
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 01:07:00 GMT

In article <HHUANG.92Sep10123318@teton.linus.mitre.org>, hhuang@linus.mitre.org (Howard Huang) writes:
> sploke@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (;-}) writes:
> 
>    I am going to take the GRE CS subject test this OCT. I remember last time
>    I read someone's news saying that he couldn't find any other books to study
>    except  ACRO's. 
> 
>    I have the same problem, I can only get the practice book from REA
>    ( Research & Education Association ). 
> 
> I thought the REA book was poorly done and wouldn't recommend it.  The
> ARCO book looks better.
> 

I know, the REA book is so bad, some of the questions are illogical and 
it has so many typos. 

If you read my original post carefully :-), you should know that I have 
problem to get books from other publishers. 
( The reason I posted that news is to ask for help getting books from other
 publishers!!! )
From: n44@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Email - Oxford?
Date: 10 Sep 92 15:05:55 EDT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Cornell University

My friend is going to be spending a year abroad at Oxford studying government.
I was wondering if there is anyway for her to obtain an email account there.
If so, how? Thanks.   John K. Lin
Newsgroups: soc.college,soc.college.gradinfo
From: yzhang@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Yang)
Subject: EE in Stanford
Keywords: EE in Stanford
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:57:06 GMT


    Hi. Does anybody know the email address of Electrical Engineering 
admission at Stanford University. And also, when I apply, do I need to 
specify which degree I want to persue, M.S., Eng, or phD. Does this 
affect the chance to get the admission and financial assistanship? In
other words, is any one of those program easier or harder, or all 
applicants are equally considered no matter which program they apply?
    Any information, please email me. Thanks.


yzhang@descartes.waterloo.edu

Newsgroups: soc.college
From: anderson@gab.unt.edu (RICHARD ANDERSON)
Subject: Top Graduate Schools in Psychology
Organization: College of Arts and Sciences
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:28:18 GMT

I'm a senior Psychology major at the University of North Texas looking for 
good Graduate schools in Industrial psychology.  Does anybody out there have 
any insights on the subject or maybe a list of the top programs in this 
field.

my address is anderson@gab.unt.edu

Thanks in advance for any info.

*******************************************************************************
Rich Anderson                          *   Exterminate all Rational Thought
Anderson@gab.unt.edu                   *   -- Naked Lunch
*******************************************************************************
From: woodcock_bw@lrc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: college radio needs help desperately
Date: 13 Sep 92 14:58:23 EDT
Organization: Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC

Hello, 
	my name is bryan woodcock. I am music director of a very small college
radio station. We are in desperate need of a new used audio board. If you know 
anyone who could help please give me a call at 1-704-eat-shit ext.658 or 
1-704-326-0726. You can even e-mail me.
				

				Any help would be greatly appreciated,
						Bryan Woodcock
						Woodcock_bw@alice.lrc.edu
				
						lrc box 7873
						hickory nc 28603

Organization: Sophomore, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.college
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 12:36:04 -0400 
From: Maulik Harish Shah <msb0+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Georgia Tech

Hi,
	Does anybody know where I could finger people (please no jokes!) at
Gatech? Specifically, I want to know if a person by the name of stacey
jeffreys has an email address.
	Thanks!
		-Mo

p.s. could you write me personally? Thanks!!
**************************************************************
Holly: Better to have loved and lost than to listen to an album
	by Olivia Newton John.
Lister: Why?
Holly:  Well, anything's better than listening to an album by Olivia 
	Newton-John.
		-- Red Dwarf `Stasis Leak' 
Newsgroups: soc.college
From: tibbetts@hsi.com (Todd Tibbetts)
Subject: =={ SanFran Art Schools }==
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:49:22 GMT


Greetings:

	I need info on San Francisco Bay area Art schools...

	Ok, more specifically
	I work now as a computer graphic artist at the 3M Corp.
	In the spring I will be done with an Educational Technology
	& Media Masters Program.  By next fall I will be in
	the SFB Area and I want to begin a fine arts program.

	The thing is...I have chosen my main medium-->computers.
	Most schools I have seen seperate the two  (you know,
	either computer graphics -OR- fine arts.)

	MY QUESTION is...What schools in SFB Area offer a Computer
	Art program with a strong grounding in traditional art
	and history?

	Any help or hints would be apppppppppreciatEd !!!!

Thanks
^^^^^^

tt

Newsgroups: soc.college,soc.culture.china
From: chenxx2@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Xiangping Chen)
Subject: living expense at V. P. I. at Blacksburg?
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Purdue University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 22:22:39 GMT

A friend of mine has been accepted to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University at Blackburg, Virginia. He want to know the living expense
in that city,  especially the rate for an apartment. Could somebody provides
some information for him ?

Email to this account is appreciated.

Alex
From: erich.lim@yob.sccsi.com (Erich Lim) 
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: COLLEGE LIFE.
Date: 7 Sep 92 14:44:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569
Reply-To: erich.lim@yob.sccsi.com (Erich Lim) 

 Hey you all,
   I'm a senior in high school right now and would and time is coming up
to apply to some colleges.  These are the colleges I'm applying to:
University of California at San Diego, UCSB, UCLA, UC at Santa Cruz,
Pepperdine, Stanford, and University of Texas at Austin.  If any of you
guys/girls attend one of these schools, E-MAIL me and tell me how it's
like over there.  The college books and guides don't tell me anything
except for requirements, frats, etc.  I want to know if it's a party
school, the type of people that go there, what the dorms are like,
etc...     Thanks.

Erich Lim
  INTENET ADD:   erich.lim@cutting.hou.tx.us
                                                                                                                        
Newsgroups: soc.college,soc.college.grad,misc.wanted
From: dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (David A Rasmussen)
Subject: Seek GRE practice software
Originator: dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: UW-Milwaukee Computing Services Division
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 04:30:43 GMT


Anyone out there who bought the GRE practice software for MSDOS 
want to part with it? Email me an offer. thx.



-- 
Dave Rasmussen - SysAdm/Hacker/Consulting Manager, UWM Computing Svcs Div.
Internet:dave@uwm.edu, Uucp:uwm!dave, Bitnet:dave%uwm.edu@INTERBIT
AT&T:414-229-5133 USmail:Box 413 EMS380,Milwaukee,WI 53201
From: seanmei@ocf.berkeley.edu (Sean Mei)
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Wellesley
Date: 12 Sep 92 22:17:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: avalanche.berkeley.edu


	What is a college email address of Wellesley college?
Or is there one at all?  

Thanks for an answer in advance.
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 09:29:46 EDT
From: <GHADSAL@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Re: Wellesley
Distribution: usa


Sean,

Wesleyan College (Theological) is located at 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20016.

No unique email address, but if you have a name I'd be happy to personally
forward any email.
Guy HADSALL
Newsgroups: soc.college
From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: Degree Designations
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:28:09 GMT

In article <95794@bu.edu>, quark@pabst.bu.edu (Paul Fu) writes:
> Thank you to those who answered...
> 
> So, it seems, from what you are saying overall, is that a Ph.D./M.S. is
> a more general degree, whereas D.Eng and M.Eng are special-purpose.
> 
> If this is so, it appears to me that for all intents and purposes the 
> non- *.Eng track would be preferable overall.  If I'm mistaken please
> let me know... 
> 

    I'm not sure what you mean by general vs. special purpose.
The Ph.D./M.S., especially the Ph.D. almost without exception
leans toward doing research.  Research at the level that it
can be published, which means originality in work, etc.  The
*.Eng track is aimed for those who prefer not to do research,
and is somewhat more practically aimed.   So, for example,
a Ph.D. topic in computer science may be to figure out 
various optimizations in parallel compilers, where as
a M.Eng. might be "just" to write a complete compiler (actually,
that might be quite a task) for Pascal.   The difference 
is that someone has already written a Pascal compiler, so
the work, while it may be useful as a learning concept,
is not original.   Some *.Eng degrees are aimed at 
getting a flavor for "real-world" projects.

    The M.Eng. program at Cornell U., by the way, is there since
those interested in the  M.S./Ph.D. program are expected to
go for the Ph.D.  The MS is awarded only if the student chooses
not to finish the Ph.D. (or fails to) and is considered (at
least at Cornell, other schools have different policies)
as sort of a consolation prize for going partway through the
program.   The M.Eng. makes up for this.  In fact, many years
back, Cornell used to have a five year engineering program which
has since become four years, and the M.Eng. program is a fifth
year of sorts.   Requirements are to take about 8 courses over
two semesters in technical areas related to the major, and
also do some year long project.   This is meant as a terminal
degree, i.e., it does not lead on to the Ph.D., though some
students have switched into the Ph.D. program.  It is
considered a bit easier to get into the M.Eng. program
at Cornell than the Ph.D. program though the M.Eng. students
are rarely funded while the Ph.D. students are mostly funded.

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu

Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.college
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 15:41:38 -0400 
From: "Michael J. Szudarek" <mscf+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: IIT address

******************HELP********************

I have searched every database from here to the Restaurant at the End of
the Universe but I still can't find Vaughn Young at IIT.  If anyone can
help me out or tell me where to find help, I would greatly appreciate it!

                                            thanks in advance,
                                                    Ford Prefect 
Newsgroups: soc.college,soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo
From: sploke@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (;-})
Subject: Help!!! Need books to study for GRE CS Subject Test.
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:51:31 GMT


hi,

I am going to take the GRE CS subject test this OCT. I remember last time
I read someone's news saying that he couldn't find any other books to study
except  ACRO's. 

I have the same problem, I can only get the practice book from REA ( Research
& Education Association ). 

I would like to get the address of other publishers OR we can help each other
to get books that we can't get in our own university bookstores.

Thanks.
From: blosser_cy@lrc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: More specifically (wuz: college radio needs help desperately)
Date: 13 Sep 92 18:58:24 EDT
Organization: Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More specifically, the stingy administration here slashed our budget 
($0.00, nil) and we're pretty much stuck with a fucked-up soundboard
that's about 30 years old. It's a worthless piece of shit. A regular
dinosaur of technology, and despite the fact that $375,000 was spent
on renovations to the President's home, they refuse to provide funds
for a new one. 

So, like, if any of you out there know where we can get a cheap-but-
good soundboard, new or used, PLEASE let us know. We need one desper
ately if this campus is ever going to have an alternative to Top 40,
Garth Brooks, & Kriss Kross.

Help keep alternative/industrial alive on the airwaves...Lend a hand
to a poor college radio station. =)

		    --Christopher Blosser, Public-Relations Director

				    --Brian Woodcock, Music Director


WLRC 89.7 cable FM
Xref: sparky soc.college.grad:1809 soc.college.gradinfo:1317
From: tawfik@cwis.unomaha.edu (Ahmed Tawfik)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo
Subject: Re: Univ of Edinburgh
Date: 11 Sep 92 23:50:15 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha

The computer scince dept. has a node 
 
               dcs.edinburgh.ac.uk
 
I do not know any active accounts there but I had some friends there
who have completed there programs a year ago.
Xref: sparky soc.college.grad:1812 soc.college.gradinfo:1320
From: bondir@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu (RICHARD BONDI)
Subject: Smooth Kanji Fonts and Egword Alternatives?
Keywords: Egword Kanji Fonts Macintosh
Organization: Darden Center, University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 22:01:12 GMT

I have two problems.
1. The kanji fonts that print from my (old - 2.1) version of Egword are 
bitmap fonts, not smooth fonts.  Where can I get smooth Kanji fonts for the 
Macintosh?
2. Are there any cheaper alternatives to Egword, especially that work 
without KanjiTalk?

Thanks!
Please send replies to rsb5c@Virginia.edu.
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: gdsimpso@unix.amherst.edu (GILBERTO DANIEL SIMPSON)
Subject: Latino E-Mailing List
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 05:27:01 GMT

 
        Hola Folks,
 
        Me llamo Gilberto y soy el co-chair de La Causa, el grupo Latino de
Amherst College. I am writing to tell people about a computer mailing list
which was started last semester to try to foster communication between Latino
students (as well as other interested people) across the country. The list has
been relatively successful and has over a hundred subscribers around the world.
        People have used it to share information about social/academic events
held on college campuses, scholarship and research opportunities for Latino/
Hispanic students, and current events connected to Latinos, both in the United 
States and in Latin America.
        The intended focus is on issues of concern to Latino students, but
anyone's input or participation is welcome. The membership is diverse and 
includes people of many different nationalities and occupations. Several members
have connections with other Latino organizations and computer networks and so
this list can give its membership access to a wide range of quick, reliable
information.
        If the list continues to grow, it has the potential to create a large
network of students accross the country and facilitate the progress of la raza.
Its strenth depends on an increasing membership who can take advantage of the
possibilities of electronic communication.  
 
        If you are interested in becoming a subscriber to this e-mailing list,
or if you have comments for thelist administrator,  all you have to do is send
a note to the following address:
 
        LATINO-L-REQUEST@AMHERST.EDU 
and say that you want to join.
 
        While you are subscribed, if you want to send a message to the entire 
membership of the list (like a piece of interesting news, a question you might 
have, an announcement that might benefit Latino students etc.) then write to:
 
        LATINO-L@AMHERST.EDU
 
        In case you are not interested, please forward this file to someone who
you think might want to participate; in that way, you can at least help the list
grow and develop.
 
Hasta Pronto
        -Gilberto       

Newsgroups: soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo
From: erspert@athena.mit.edu (Ellen R. Spertus)
Subject: Re: Info on CS grad programs ?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 15:56:58 GMT

Some other good schools for compilers are:

    - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    - Carnegie-Mellon (Peter Lee)
    - University of Washington (Susan Eggers and Craig Chambers)
    - Stanford (Daniel Weise and Monica Lam)
    - University of California at Berkeley (Susan Graham)

The above list is biased to Fortran/RISC-like compilation.  If you're
interested in compilers for novel languages or architectures, there's
David Culler at Berkeley and any number of people at MIT (although
the focus at MIT seems to be primarily on architecture and compilers
sometimes seem secondary).

The above list is not meant to be complete.  I'd advise you to go through
the proceedings of the SIGPLAN PLDI conference for the past few years.

					Ellen Spertus
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: dons@is.ussprint.com (Don Stadler)
Subject: Re:  MSc Fin and MA/MSc Econ. Inf. Asking
Organization: US Sprint-IS
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 00:47:33 GMT


I saw these somewhere:

Finance		1)	Wharton (University of Pensylvania)
		2)	Chicago
		3)	Harvard
		4)	MIT
		5)	Columbia

Economics	1)	MIT
		2)	Chicago
		3)	Berkeley
		4)	Harvard
		5)	Princeton


Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
From: yzhu@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Yan ZHU (yhua))
Subject: E-mail address of University of Copenhagen
Organization: Electrical and Electronic - University of Melbourne 
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 07:54:24 GMT

I am looking for the email address of University of
Copenhagen, H.C.Orsred Institute. I want to contact two
people named HENRIK GESMAR and JENS J. LED in the Department
of Chemical Physics, University of Copenhagen,H.C. Orsted 
Institute, Denmark. 
If you know the email address or you know where I can find it,
Please, let me know. My email address is yzhu@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au.

I really appreciate your help.

yzhu
--
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

E-mail address: yzhu@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au
From: masticol@cadenza.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola)
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad
Subject: Re: Improve Your College-Level Teaching
Keywords: Advice
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:59:02 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I'd add:

- Avoid color chalk, color overhead pens, color whiteboard markers,
etc. in lecture. Students rarely carry color pens or pencils, and
they'll get frustrated trying to take notes. Color also doesn't xerox,
except on the fancier machines. And some students (myself included)
have impaired color vision. Instead, use dashed or dotted lines, thick
or thin lines, etc.

- Try to avoid erasing and correcting things on the blackboard. This
also frustrates the students who take their notes in pen.

- When teaching from a paper or book, use the terminology in the
written material. One of the most infuriating classes I ever had was
when the prof decided to invent a different terminology.

- Steve (masticol@cs.rutgers.edu).
Newsgroups: soc.college.grad,soc.college.gradinfo,alt.grad-student.tenured
From: baba@sea.shearson.com (Baba Prasad)
Subject: Any newsgroup concerning grad study in business?
Organization: Lehman Brothers, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:22:46 GMT


The subject line sums it up, I suppose. But since grad study
in business is quite different from that in other disciplines,
I was wondering if there is any newsgroup that caters specially
to this. I'm interested in the Ph.D. programs. 

Thanks for response in advance

--baba


Newsgroups: soc.college.grad