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| | '''Jack McGourty''' is an Associate Dean at [[SEAS]] and Adjunct Professor in [[Continuing Education]]. Jack McGourty wakes up at 3am to do yoga. Jack McGourty receives (and responds to) 300 to 500 emails per day. | | '''Jack McGourty''' is an Associate Dean at [[SEAS]] and Adjunct Professor in [[Continuing Education]]. Jack McGourty wakes up at 3am to do yoga. Jack McGourty receives (and responds to) 300 to 500 emails per day. |
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| − | Jack McGourty teaches the IntroEngineering Class at Columbia called Design Fundamentals Using Advanced Computation, or [[Gateway]] for short. Jack speaks with his eyes closed. It isn't because of the lighting in the room where he teaches. It's because he wants to look at himself and can't find a mirror. Jack tries to make jokes. The problem is that jokes are supposed to be funny. Jack, by definition, cannot be intentionally funny.
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| − | Jack McGourty's hair changes every week. He is a metamorphmagus. You may find this interesting and want to take this class to learn the ways of the sweater vest. You don't. Jack's class is required to graduate from Columbia Engineering. You should probably take up a job at Subway or transfer to [[UC Berkeley]] or [[Brown University|something]].
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| − | Jack could be a vampire. You should treat him as such.
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| | [[Category:Adjunct professors]] | | [[Category:Adjunct professors]] |
| | [[Category:Deans]] | | [[Category:Deans]] |
| | [[Category:Engineering professors]] | | [[Category:Engineering professors]] |
Revision as of 21:40, 24 April 2008
