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College Programmers Beat Tech Elite in Hacking Contest
It was 3 a.m. on the first day of final exams. While most slept, a small cohort of students, overcome with excitement, locked arms to sing the Auburn University alma mater. The Alabama school, which has recently produced NFL stars named "Cam" and "Cadillac," had just pulled off an earth-shaking upset in an unlikely "sport" coding.
Auburn University is often thought of as a college football powerhouse, but rarely a programmers paradise. The school showed its diversity, however, when two computer science students placed in the top five of a 500-person coding challenge. Junior Kevin Davis, 20, and sophomore David Shuckerow, 19, placed first and fourth, respectively, in the competition, t…
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