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Welcome to Ohio State and to
Computer Science & Engineering
Neelam Soundarajan
What should I talk about? ...
• How great OSU is ...
• How great the CSE Dept. is ...
• How wonderful Columbus is ...
• ...
But I am no good at that sort of thing ... and you probably won't believe me anyway!
So, instead: I am going to talk about some weird and spooky things about OSU!
Welcome New CSE Grad Students!
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What is with this building? ...
Some Weird Things ...
• Aren't those pillars a bit too short??
• When are they going to finish it?
• What happened to interior walls?
• And what is all that marble on the outside walls?
Welcome New CSE Grad Students!
• It is supposed to be like this!
• This is the school of architecture ... the pillars are representations of Greek architecture or something ...
• The open spaces are for exhibitions of student work ...
• There are no walls because students do all their design work in a collaborative way in an open area with everyone seeing everyone else's work
• Sort of like computing companies where people work on their development in an open area and everyone sees everyone else's work
• Wander around the building ... you will start liking it!
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This building, Orton Hall, looks normal ...
Some Spooky Things :-)
• But rumor has it that it is haunted!
• It is actually the Geological Sciences building ... with a small museum in it
• And the ghost you (thought?) you saw is a pre-historic skeleton that is part of the museum ... really nice place; go visit it!
Welcome New CSE Grad Students!
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The Mirror Lake is a pleasant place to walk around when you can't take any more homeworks or projects or exams ...
And a Calm Place...
• On the west end of South Oval (just south of Orton Hall)
• Closed for renovations now but should open soon
Welcome New CSE Grad Students!
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• In the rest of the orientation, you will hear a lot of important and useful info; pay attention!
• For example: Prof. Agrawal will talk about the requirements for the MS and PhD
• Prof. Fosler will talk about academic misconduct issues ... in the past, students have gotten in serious trouble for not paying attention to this ...
That was light-hearted but ...
Welcome New CSE Grad Students!
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• Go "CSE Buckeyes" but ...
• what the heck is a "buckeye" ??
I was going to finish with ...
Welcome New CSE Grad Students!
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A Buckeye is a...
Welcome New CSE Grad Students!
• A tree that is local to Ohio
• A nut from the buckeye tree
• Brutus Buckeye, the OSU team mascot
• OSU fans
• All of you!
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So...
Welcome New CSE Grad Students!
Go CSE Buckeyes!