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Students to
compete in
`Battle of the
Brains'
By KATIE CATINA
STAFF WRITER
KMCSISS@PSU.EDU
Two teams from Penn State
Harrisburg will compete in a
regional "Battle of the Brains"
on Oct. 25 at Shippensburg
University.
Formally known as the
International Collegian
Programning Contest (ICPC),
the competition involves
computers and problems
requiring knowledge in
math, physics or computer
programming. The team who
wins the regional contest will
go on to face students from up
to 7,000 universities across the
globe. The final competition will
be held in Stockholm, Sweden in
April 2009.
Each team will have five hours to
complete 10 problems. The team
that solves the most problems
during the allotted time wins
the competition. Team members
also win $lO,OOO, medals, career
opportunities and bragging rights
to the "world's smartest trophy?'
Dr. William Deng will lead two
PSH teams to the regionals in
Shippensburg. This will mark his
first ICPC experience. Many of
his competing students are first
timers as well. Deng is teaching
Computer science 121 and a
Programming languages course
this semester, among others. He
received his PhD in Computer
science from Kansas City
University. He has been teaching
at Penn State Harrisburg since
August 2007.
One of Deng's teams includes
Imke Brassard, Allen Brubaker
and Jesse Demarco.
Please see COMPETITION
on page 4
INDEX:
Lost Boy . of Sudan makes journey back
Photo courtesy of DOR AMOL
Dor Deng Amol, a Penn State Harrisburg student and Lost Boy, in Uganda on his way to Sudan.
PSH takes part in practice security drill
By DIANA LE
EDITOR IN CHIEF
DXLSO37@PSU.EDU
In the weeks leading up to the
Oct 16 and 17 practice drills,
Penn State Harrisburg posted
fliers throughout campus and sent
multiple mass e-mails, asking
people to prepare by familiarizing
themselves with campus
emergency procedures. Students
and most faculty . members,
however, remained unsure of
what to expect.
But that was the point.
The campus is not preparing
too much, said Steven Hevner,
manager of public relations at
PSH. It would defeat the purpose
of an emergency drill, he said.
Please see DRILL
on page 7
NEWS ...
OPINION
Photo by DIANA LE/ The Capital Times
At the Wharton Avenue entrance to campus, Officer Sherwin checks IDs and informs students and
faculty of the practice drill.
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14-15 Pouca, CALENDAR
By RABYIA AHMED
STAFF WRITER
RZAIO9@PSU.EDU
He lived without seeing his
parents for nearly 21 years. When
he was finally able to visit them,
he learned that he had four new
siblings, which he had never met.
This was Dor Deng Amol's case,
one of Sudan's Lost Boys.
According to Amol, 25, he is
considered a Lost Boy because he
has lived without his parents for
so long due to Sudan's civil war
between the North and the South
in 1987.
He was able to visit his family
in the village of Nyantor in
Sudan during the 2008 summer
vacations.
"It was great," he said as he
described how it was to finally
go back. "We missed each other
a lot."
Upon his arrival to Nyantor,
Please see LOST BOY
on page 6
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