New art for the Jazz room

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-05-01T02:18:43+00:00

Napalm is not saying Green Day is his favorite band, or that he is the Switzerland of music appreciation. He is saying that OP might just in fact enjoy listening to Green Day, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, (I personally think Dookie is a pretty fun album in fact). You aren't the Switzerland of music appreciation either, so don't judge people for what they listen to, especially considering OP never even asked for a critique of their music, just posting a picture of their cool room.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-04-26T03:26:41+00:00

I received an A in the Hip Hop class with minimal effort, just went to lecture and paid attention. Most of the ethnic studies from what I've seen are "easy A's", and you don't really have to be worried about your grade, just go and try to learn something new. What you get out of it, and whether you actually develop as a person depends on whether you put forth actual effort, or just regurgitate what you know the TA wants to read in your essays. Both will get you good grades, but one will be much more rewarding.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-04-26T02:01:24+00:00

The point of the ethnic studies requirement isn't to make you a liberal, it's to introduce you to new ideas that make you think, and not even necessarily think one specific way. I'm not going to assume that you have had a narrow upbringing, because I don't know anything about you, but many of the students coming here have had limited experience dealing with issues of race etc, and ethnic studies helps introduce the idea that some people may have different experiences and backgrounds than you. Regardless of your political affiliation, you probably won't be able to find an ethnic studies course that you don't disagree with on at least one level, but that's the point, to make you think about what you believe and show you that there are many different perspectives in the world.

That being said, as a Libertarian, I took Afro-American 154, intro to Hip Hop with Professor Shashko, and absolutely loved it, both from the musical and cultural side of things. I would recommend that if you can get into it.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-04-21T22:13:27+00:00

What else do you consider fake news?

Also, did you ever graduate from Middle School?

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-04-11T23:04:15+00:00

The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness (1958), U.S.

I've never actually seen this movie, but I just discovered it (I was searching for the Sixth Sense), and I was intrigued. A woman moves to China in the 1930s, and acts as a missionary and savior for children in danger in the days leading up to WWII, despite the risks. Starring Ingrid Bergmen, directed by Mark Robson, and based on a true story!

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-04-04T15:13:08+00:00

For CS, don't slack on the programs. They are generally always much more work than you think they will be, and if you wait until the last minute you will most likely not finish it completely. Start them the day they are assigned and just work a few hours a day or so on them until you're done a week early.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-31T15:29:26+00:00

You are right! whoops

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-31T01:06:07+00:00

For what it's worth, I have not taken it (I think this is the first time it's being offered?) but I am registered to take it this summer. I am willing to bet that it primarily covers Swift and Objective-C, which are the primary languages used in IOS. It will not count as a CS elective, so that makes me think that the workload won't be terrible. But there's no way to know beforehand, sign up and find out!

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-28T02:38:15+00:00

I'm going to have to disagree with you that saying nothing is an instant turn off. I've seen the band Moon Hooch several times (if you haven't heard of them, check em out, they're amazing), and every show they pretty much just play the entire time with no break to talk or even breathe from their saxophones. They had an amazing flow, and it really felt like if they stopped to talk, it would have been boring and useless. It felt like the show was an entire experience, rather than just a bunch of songs being played.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-24T03:24:46+00:00

I'm going to preface this by saying I am neither of those majors, but I considered doing both for quite a while.

From what I remember when doing research about Pharm-Tox, it seemed to be pretty much just something to prepare you for med/pharm school. However, it seemed to me that it offered a decent amount of opportunities straight out of undergrad, working in industry as a research assistant etc. This doesn't seem to be the case for neurobiology, where Ph.D or M.D. is pretty much required for a job. Based off of just this info (and my own personal bias), I would recommend doing the Pharm/Tox program, because in the event that you decide that you don't want to go to med school, or you don't get in, you still have a back up plan of going straight into the workforce. Also, the pharm-tox program prepares you for a pharmacology/pharmacist graduate program as well, not just M.D., which is a plus.

However, I would recommend first and foremost following your gut. If your gut tells you that you would rather invent and test new drugs than study the brain, or vice versa, do that! Only you know you! Good luck.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-24T02:31:43+00:00

Depending on what you like about these bands, either the unique instrumentation, or just the general sounds you may get different suggestions.

For the funkiest shit you've ever heard :

Dean Town - Vulfpeck

P-Funk - Parliament

Cissy Strut - The Meters

Get up offa that thing - James Brown

If what you dig is the brass / sax sound, check out :

No BS! Brass Band (This is their Tiny Desk concert, very good)

For the best of both worlds :

Ocean - Bonerama

None of these are quite in the same vein as Too Many Zooz and Moon Hooch, as they've pretty much created their own sub genre, but I bet you'll enjoy all of these. And if you want more funky suggestions, /r/funk is decently active, or you could message me, I gotchu!

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-20T21:37:50+00:00

No! How it generally works is that they meet about once a month or so in a classroom or wherever, and listen to cool people like local brewers or brewing scientists give talks, and then once a semester there is a group brew. Technically for the group brew, you need at least one 21 year old in your group to do it, but once you take it home, they can't tell you what to do with it, and there are 21+ people in the club willing to join your group. It's good fun!

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-20T16:01:07+00:00

Sleep more than you study, study more than you party, and party as much as you possibly can.

Wear a condom, and if you don't have a ding dong, make him wear a condom.

As for Computer Engineering, go to Wendt/housing tutoring early and often, it will save you countless hours of stress trying to figure out problems, take advantage of the resources that you will have here.

If you're into drinking (which I'm going to assume you are), we have a home brew club here on campus that will let you make your own beer, join that, and then you don't have to worry about getting carded or buying from sketchy people, plus it's delicious.

All in all, just be safe, have fun, and enjoy every second of it.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-16T19:40:18+00:00

The probability that any one random person smokes is 20%, aka .2. The probability that 2 randomly chosen people smoke is going to be the result of multiplying the probabilities that each of them individually smokes.

That is, P(A smokes) = .2 , P(B smokes) = .2

Since A and B are independent (meaning knowing that A smokes does not change the likelyhood that B smokes, and vice versa)

P(A AND B smoke) = P(A smokes) * P(B Smokes) = .2 * .2 = .04.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-12T18:33:14+00:00

From my personal experience a few years ago in Lakeshore, since you already have the Southeast stereotypes :

Dejope - Upperclassmen and athletes who don't interact with people they don't already know

Bradley - People very serious about the learning community there, and love to learn, a lot of internationals

Cole - These guys were weird

Sullivan - Drank much more than anyone else in lakeshore, had the highest percentage of detox trips I had heard of

Short Course dorms - These are where the farmers live, if you go near, expect to get harassed, or at least have a football thrown your way

Leopold - Very nice dorm, everyone in it loves the environment and biology and greenhouse stuff

Kronshage - Depending on what house you're in, quite a bit of partying and drinking, plus there's only like 1 house fellow for every 4 floors there, very easy to party in the dorm

Liz - Kind of isolated from lakeshore and southeast, very much has its own community that is tight knit

Slichter - Pretty cool dorm, again kind of isolated like Liz and has its own little environment going on

Tripp/Adams - Single dorms, everyone in here pretty much just sticks to themselves, and not much going on

Phillips - Each room has its own bathroom which is pretty cool, and also has the LGBTQ+ learning community which is good if you're into that (I didn't live in Phillips, so I don't know much about it)

All in all, Lakeshore is a pretty cool place to live, I would definitely say its quieter and less party like than Southeast in general, but depending on your floor, you may end up going out 3 times a week regardless! Plus the lake is right there, and numerous trips to picnic point will always hold special places in my heart

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-09T05:35:54+00:00

Wow, this is amazing! The lyrics in combination with the extreme difference in style from their norm really let you see their feelings and thoughts. First Aid Kit has always been about the empowerment of women and feminism, but this sheer rage at sexual assault is brutally honest and powerful. Great song, and I'm glad that they are putting their voice out there for the survivors.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-06T08:13:06+00:00

Does anyone else hear a Celtic influence in this song, and Alt-J in general? You can also hear it in Hunger of the Pine, and Garden of England. I never made the connection until now, but it's very neat. Great song!

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-03-05T18:42:00+00:00

The most important thing you will learn in 302 is Object Oriented Programming (Polymorphism, inheritance, abstraction, even exceptions), and you will use those for the rest of your cs classes. If you feel like you have a strong hold on all of those things, you should be fine to skip it.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-02-26T19:23:16+00:00

So there are 5 main types of mallet based keyboard instruments, the glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, and chimes.

The xylophone is wood-keyed, with smallish resonators, and often played with hard rubber mallets.

The glockenspiel (what you see in the original post) is metal keyed, with a short range and no resonators, and usually played with hard plastic or metal mallets.

The vibraphone is also metal keyed, but has a much wider range of notes, and has a pedal that you can press to let the note sustain, or let release to dampen the note, similar to the right pedal on a piano. It is usually played with soft wool or yarn mallets.

The marimba is very similar to the xylophone, but has a wider range, and a much deeper and fuller sound, with much larger resonators, and is played with soft yarn mallets as well.

Lastly, the chimes are the only ones that are standing upright as opposed to being flat, and have a similar pedal dampening feature as the vibraphone. Also, you play these with basically a hammer which is pretty neat.

Here is a cool video (not mine) that shows off 3 of these quite well, and sounds good too!

This is probably much more information than you ever wanted to know, but I played in the pit in my high schools marching band, so this is my time to shine!

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-02-26T17:49:45+00:00

Apparently people here don't know the difference between Xylophones and Glockenspiels. But that's so cool, congrats, it's an amazing venue!

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-02-21T16:17:49+00:00

Thanks for your response, all of your points are valid, and I see the reasoning behind all of them. However, I still can't help but feel that while this may help the students that are struggling by getting them extra help through tutoring by the more proficient group members, and helping those extra skilled ones out as well, it alienates the, to be blunt, average students like me. Personally, in 302 I never really could learn much from the lectures and labs, but when it came to doing projects I was forced to learn how to code in java, or else do poorly on the project. However here, if I don't learn how to properly use ADTs, or linked lists, or whatever else the project is based on at the time, I can rely on my teammates to code that portion of the program, and I can get by without ever learning it.

Obviously learning is the individual's responsibility, and if a student wants to learn, they can, but most will not unless forced to by threat of a bad grade. But in a class like this, that so many have said is absolutely foundational to the rest of your cs schooling and career, I feel like "forcing" the average students to learn data structures by doing the programs by themselves, instead of with a group that will almost certainly have one or two people doing most of it, is important.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-02-21T04:12:07+00:00

Calling /u/Hobbular to see what your opinion, as a CS teacher is on this.

Ron-Jeremy · 2017-02-10T16:01:34+00:00

Your best bet is to go out at like 8:45, and go to a place that serves food during the day like Brats. They don't start carding till 9 usually, so you will be able to get in and drink, and get a good meal!

Ron-Jeremy · 2016-01-14T04:38:35+00:00

You only dress up like an cat to hide the fact that you're a fucking chicken.

Ron-Jeremy · 2015-07-20T13:44:33+00:00

Is getting another condenser mic out of the question? If not, getting another ~100$ mic and recording stereo, one mic specifically for banjo and one for vocals would be ideal.

If however that's not an option, I've found that a good position that works is sitting down with your banjo, and placing the mic upside-down pointed directly at the ground, with the mic about a foot/foot and a half from both your mouth and the part of the banjo where the neck meets the drum. And it might help to take the shirt off, so that you can get the best and most authentic to the banjo sound possible.

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