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...This isn’t the sexy stuff, but they’re also the stuff that have the big impact,” Henriksen says...
...fact, he also found that shoes change the way we run—most barefoot runners have a mid-foot to forefoot strike, whereas most shod runners have a heel strike that creates a larger collision. “There’s this big thump, a force that’s about one to three times your body weight,” said Lieberman...
This holds true particularly in CS 50, because students spend so many weeks working on a big final project. If those taking the course switch their mentality, aiming to achieve just a satisfactory result, they will lose out on the opportunity to complete a worthwhile project of which they feel proud. We can fairly assume that a student working on two graded papers and studying for two graded midterms, while also programming her CS 50 final project, may not put in the thought and effort necessary to create a Shuttleboy.com or an Isawyouharvard.com...
Because the course currently seems eminently comfortable for students, it is unclear what fear or uncertainty Malan seeks to address through this change. A course’s policies alone can never assuage all students' fears—for instance, some refuse to take big lecture classes—but presumably Malan does not plan to cap the size or split CS 50 up in order to accommodate them...
...It’s really nice to have a big tap group. The sound and the energy are just better. I feel like a lot of girls start off with tap when they’re little and then move on to modern or ballet. I hope we can get more people to realize that tap isn’t just frilly, girly, and Broadway-style,” she said. “There are so many different kinds of tap—hip-hop, a cappella. It’s a very diverse mix and you can really...