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The article reports on the use of social networking technology to help foreign scholars in oppressive governments bypass federal Web filters. Software like Psiphon and Tor allows Internet users from countries like China to reroute their Internet traffic through foreign connections and gain access to blocked content. The software can also be used in more liberal countries, like the United States, where some colleges and businesses block Internet access to prevent users from accessing illegal or inappropriate content.

Profiles computer scientist Ken Goldberg of the University of California at Berkeley. His development of projects involving both computer science and art; Creation of online artwork, including a virtual garden that users tend with a robotic arm; Development of `Ouija 2000,' an online Ouija board that allows users to act simultaneously; Goldberg's career background.

Discusses opportunities for computer science graduate students from the University of California-Berkeley in the field of research. Benefits of computer science departments' close ties to industry; Criticism of graduates unprepared for the real world; Description of NOW project at the university.

The article reports that programs and clubs for women in computer science have recently cropped up at colleges across the U.S. These initiatives have been taken by Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, to provide social support for women in the discipline. A report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that the proportion of women in computer and information sciences has dwindled in the past 20 years, especially compared with other fields in mathematics and sciences.

Recounts the efforts of Northwestern University students and professors to trace the development of Chicago, Illinois through the use of urban history and computer science. Specific goal of the project; Use of the book "Plan of Chicago" to track Chicago's development; Approaches used in the research; Outcome of the research project; Academic achievements of the research.

Profiles professor of computer-science at University of California at Los Angeles, Leonard Kleinrock. Love for teaching and inventing, especially anything having to do with the Internet; Reasons he loves being a professor; First to describe queuing principles used in designing every type of computer network.

Reports on the computer forensics courses offered at U.S. universities and colleges as of April 2004. Impact of legal issues on the courses; Overview of the course offered at the Rochester Institute of Technology.