The National Student Computer Games Tournament and the Chinese Computer Games Championship (NSCGT-CCGC), sponsored by the chess game management center, General Administration of Sport of China (GASC, a government department of China) and the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) and the College Steering Committee of Computer Science and Technology Education (CSC-CSTE), were hel...

The conference banquet provided a rare opportunity for Brian’s colleagues, collaborators, and students, as well as friends and family members to get together, and to share stories about Brian. The guests were delightfully entertained by the “Brian Alspach Quiz” prepared for the occasion by Brooks Reid, who served as the Master of Ceremonies. Brooks has graciously allowed us to include some of h...

The traditional skit performed by Jones v freshmen as an overture to the annual Slime Parade may have been performed for the last time. Jones president Chris Keller said Tuesday that she will recommend to the Jones Cabinet a t its next meeting that the college withdraw from participation in fu ture end-of-guidance ceremonies. The Jones president indicated that the program itself, especially the...

Copal is the Spanish word used to describe aromatic resins from several genera of plants. Mexican copal derives from several Bursera spp., Protium copal, some Pinus spp. (e.g., P. pseudostrobus) and a few Fabaceae spp. It has been used for centuries as incense for religious ceremonies, as a food preservative, and as a treatment for several illnesses. The aim of this review is to analyze the che...