This is CS50, Too
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!["'Quick fix, quick fix!' Malan snaps repeatedly at the production team. This hadnât happened in the tech run-through in August."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/212026_1298716.png)
"'Quick fix, quick fix!' Malan snaps repeatedly at the production team. This hadnât happened in the tech run-through in August."
UPDATED: September 19, 2014, at 15:18 p.m.
!["CS50 is exceptional for its size, its resources and the cult of personality around its charismatic leader. It is more than just a class at Harvard; it is a cultural touchstone, a lifestyle, a spectacle. This is CS50, and itâs here to stay."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/213625_1298719.png)
"CS50 is exceptional for its size, its resources and the cult of personality around its charismatic leader. It is more than just a class at Harvard; it is a cultural touchstone, a lifestyle, a spectacle. This is CS50, and itâs here to stay." By Madeline R. Lear
A course. A cult. A cornucopia of nerd delights. And yet, from a veritable kaleidoscope of differing levels of computer science background, one whole. Inspired by the in-depth coverage in Fifteen Minutes Magazine, this photo essay grapples with the incredible diversity that drives the worldwide cultural phenomenon. This, Too, Is CS50.
!["In 2007, Malanâs first year, attendance more than doubled to 282 students. The numbers have since risen steadily to a course-record 889 enrollees this fall, including cross registered non-College students."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/211043_1298709.png)
"In 2007, Malanâs first year, attendance more than doubled to 282 students. The numbers have since risen steadily to a course-record 889 enrollees this fall, including cross registered non-College students." By Joule P. Voelz
!["'CS50 changed my life,' she claims to an eager audience of shoppers ready to believe it."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/211303_1298710.png)
"'CS50 changed my life,' she claims to an eager audience of shoppers ready to believe it." By Joule P. Voelz
!["Robert T. Bowden â13 is one of the most visible members of Malanâs team. He is an affable recent grad who speaks with a careful and bright timbre not unlike Malanâs."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/211418_1298711.jpg)
"Robert T. Bowden â13 is one of the most visible members of Malanâs team. He is an affable recent grad who speaks with a careful and bright timbre not unlike Malanâs." By Joule P. Voelz
!["With a workload rating averaging a solid 4.0 on the Q Guide, and a difficulty at nearly that mark, CS50 is far from a cakewalk."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/211617_1298712.png)
"With a workload rating averaging a solid 4.0 on the Q Guide, and a difficulty at nearly that mark, CS50 is far from a cakewalk." By Joule P. Voelz
!["For some students, and most staff, CS50 is not just a course but a lifestyle and community."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/211738_1298714.png)
"For some students, and most staff, CS50 is not just a course but a lifestyle and community." By Joule P. Voelz
!["But the stardom and spectacle certainly arenât limited to the celebritized teaching staff and the classâs internet presence; itâs at the core of the course itself. In fact, itâs difficult to cite a CS50 event that doesnât involve a sensory overload with mountains of food, flashing lights, and blasting Top 40 music."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/211932_1298715.jpg)
"But the stardom and spectacle certainly arenât limited to the celebritized teaching staff and the classâs internet presence; itâs at the core of the course itself. In fact, itâs difficult to cite a CS50 event that doesnât involve a sensory overload with mountains of food, flashing lights, and blasting Top 40 music." By Joule P. Voelz
!["'Quick fix, quick fix!' Malan snaps repeatedly at the production team. This hadnât happened in the tech run-through in August."](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/09/18/212026_1298716.png)
"'Quick fix, quick fix!' Malan snaps repeatedly at the production team. This hadnât happened in the tech run-through in August." By Joule P. Voelz