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Reductio ad Absurdum
The security expert Bruce Schneier published a Commentary in today’s Star Tribune claiming to show why the NSA’s gathering large amounts of phone call records…
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Four MCS Professors Honored for Century of Service
OK, so it is both corny and bogus to add up years of service. Sue me. On Thursday, May 18th, 2006, the Gustavus Alumni Association…
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Ron Graham to Lecture
Ronald L. Graham, arguably both the most accomplished living mathematician and the most charsimatic, will deliver two lectures at Gustavus this week, courtesy of the…
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Putnam Competition
Last December, Trevor Potter, Alex Zupan, Jonathan Dexter, Peter Overholsor, and Nhung Le spent six hours on a Saturday taking the Putnam. Alex and Nhung…
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Job Opening for Multimedia Coder in Minneapolis
Pixel Farm Interactive, the interactive multimedia agency I work for downtown in the warehouse district of minneapolis is in the process of hiring a qualified…
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Zupan Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Gustavus math major Alex Zupan has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The Foundation…
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No Real Privacy Victory in Google Subpoena Case
Late yesterday afternoon, US District Judge James Ware denied the Department of Justice’s request to compel Google to turn over a sample of its users’…
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Visit a Math Major in the Business World
So maybe you don’t want to teach and don’t want to be an actuary or a computer geek. Is there some other way you can…
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Photo of MCS Scene Wins Contest
Of over 150 entries in the Campus Community Photography Contest, “Let Epsilon Greater Than Zero Be Given” by Maggie Sagstuen was the overall winner as…
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MCS Alumni Sweep First Decade Awards
As happens each year, the Gustavus Alumni Association is recognizing two members of the graduating class ten years ago (the class of 1996, in this…
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