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This, Too, Is CS50.

By Joule P. Voelz

cs50 intro - "CS50 is exceptional for its size, its resources and the cult of personality around its charismatic leader. It is more than just a class at Harvard; it is a cultural touchstone, a lifestyle, a spectacle. This is CS50, and it’s here to stay." By Madeline R. Lear

CS50 Aliens - "In 2007, Malan’s first year, attendance more than doubled to 282 students. The numbers have since risen steadily to a course-record 889 enrollees this fall, including cross registered non-College students." By Joule P. Voelz

CS50 Lady - "'CS50 changed my life,' she claims to an eager audience of shoppers ready to believe it." By Joule P. Voelz

CS50 Moses - "'Quick fix, quick fix!' Malan snaps repeatedly at the production team. This hadn’t happened in the tech run-through in August." By Joule P. Voelz

CS50 Aye Aye - "Robert T. Bowden ’13 is one of the most visible members of Malan’s team. He is an affable recent grad who speaks with a careful and bright timbre not unlike Malan’s." By Joule P. Voelz

CS50 Kimye - "With a workload rating averaging a solid 4.0 on the Q Guide, and a difficulty at nearly that mark, CS50 is far from a cakewalk." By Joule P. Voelz

CS50 Winklevoss - ""Over the years I sort of realized that I could reach out to our friends at Facebook and Google and college friends of mine who were in tech companies,' Malan says." By Joule P. Voelz

CS50 Vacuum - "For some students, and most staff, CS50 is not just a course but a lifestyle and community." By Joule P. Voelz

CS50 Rob Ford - "According to Bill, who characterizes Malan as self-promotional, his grading policies were often opaque and had little rhyme or reason. Bill said that when Malan was evaluating a group project, he did not look at the content of their code, but rather based grades on the short presentations of their projects." By Joule P. Voelz

CS50 Llamas - "But the stardom and spectacle certainly aren’t limited to the celebritized teaching staff and the class’s internet presence; it’s at the core of the course itself. In fact, it’s difficult to cite a CS50 event that doesn’t involve a sensory overload with mountains of food, flashing lights, and blasting Top 40 music." By Joule P. Voelz

A course. A cult. A cornucopia of nerd delights. And yet, from a veritable kaleidoscope of differing levels of computer science background, one whole. Inspired by the in-depth coverage in Fifteen Minutes Magazine, this photo essay grapples with the incredible diversity that drives the worldwide cultural phenomenon. This, Too, Is CS50.

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