December 2011
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Computer Engineering Barbie: Positive or Negative?
After reading about the LEED-Certified Architect Barbie Dream Home, I decided to do a little investigating on this “I Can Be” Barbie campaign. Talk about fantastic. It essentially is a line of dolls based off real career tracks - Computer Engineer Barbie was even selected from online voting. Imagine the implications - the majority of people who participated specifically wanted Barbie...
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Overheard in Web Programming...
This year, I have noticed several other CS major girls in my classes. This is extremely exciting, although I’m starting to feel settled among my guy CS buddies and my friends of all genders outside of classes - more on that later.
The number of CS girls I’ve seen around has quadrupled! Although I’m not on a first-name basis with one of them, its exciting seeing a little more...