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...fell in the better 50 percent,” Forberg said of the forecast that predicted a 50 percent chance of rain, adding, “I think we made a good call being cautious with the food...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin and Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Kid Cudi Attracts Yardfest Crowds | 4/19/2010 | See Source »

...nearly 95 percent occupied here in the Square, and this rate has remained steady for the past decade, even during last year’s financially challenging times,” she added. “There are many examples of great retailers and restaurateurs with very successful business models...

Author: By Katherine M. Savarese, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jewelry Store To Open Shop | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Students who wish to satisfy General Education requirements with the course—9 percent of last semester’s class—will be able to receive letter grades per General Education policy. CS50 will continue to be offered with letter-graded status for departments that expect the course as a letter-graded concentration requirement or for students who prefer to receive a letter grade, according to Malan...

Author: By Monica M. Dodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Malan Plans To Cut Letter Grades for CS50 | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Given the course’s reputation for time-consuming problem sets, Malan said he often worries that interested students may shy away from taking the course, though 72 percent of students who took CS50 last semester said they had no programming experience...

Author: By Monica M. Dodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Malan Plans To Cut Letter Grades for CS50 | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...nature of letter grades, we end up drawing lines (between A and A-, A- and B+, B+ and B, et al.) between values that sometimes differ by .02 percent, and the world proceeds to give those lines far too much weight,” Malan wrote in an e-mail to the CS50 teaching staff sent yesterday...

Author: By Monica M. Dodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Malan Plans To Cut Letter Grades for CS50 | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

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