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A sense of where you are

Written by Brian Kernighan GS '69, Columnist
Published: Monday, November 23rd, 2009
I was trekking across campus on a recent Sunday afternoon. It was a beautiful day, and the campus was dotted with tourists and students enjoying some sunlight and the last of the leaves still on the trees.

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  • 10:18 a.m. on Nov. 23rd, 2009
    Posted by
    Anonymous

    Now this is the sort of article the Prince needs more of! Actually interesting perspectives and finds about campus. Now if only the students on the staff could do mroe of this! Thanks Prof. Kernighan.

  • 4:03 p.m. on Nov. 23rd, 2009
    Posted by
    Chatham

    Delightful.

  • 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 23rd, 2009
    Posted by
    celticfury

    "Josephina Henrietta" might work in a pinch, but even the triumvirate of Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson, and Henry Fielding would be sorely hard-pressed to find a way to euphoniously feminize "Benjamin Franklin" :P

  • 7:56 p.m. on Nov. 23rd, 2009
    Posted by
    SKL

    This was witty and well-written. Good job!

  • 8:25 p.m. on Nov. 23rd, 2009
    Posted by
    Enjoyable

    Prof Kernighan is amazing. Great article.

  • 9:45 p.m. on Nov. 23rd, 2009
    Posted by
    '10

    Kernighan is one of my favorite professors on campus - I'm sorry I only got to take one class with him. Give him a weekly column!

  • 11:42 p.m. on Nov. 23rd, 2009
    Posted by
    Math and Science Dummy

    It's not fair that a computer scientist should also be such a good writer!

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