http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2008/04/congratulations.html Joel Beal, also known in our research group as the New Kid, is the valedictorian. Joel did some excellent work on our red-blue project, although we were too disorganized to make full use of him. We'd give him a project... en-us <p>Joel Beal, also known in our research group as the New Kid, is the <a href="http://www.bwog.net/articles/gs_valedictorian_also_an_economist_mathematician">valedictorian</a>. Joel did some excellent work on our red-blue project, although we were too disorganized to make full use of him. We'd give him a project on Monday, then on Tuesday he'd return with a bunch of graphs and ask us for more to do. I guess we could've called him the Original Mitch. Econ undergraduate R.A.'s rule.</p> http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2008/04/congratulations.html