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The Barrel Fires Wake to the American Dream

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The Barrel Fires didn’t start at Haverford, but it was school ties that brought band members Jay Carlis ’99, Mike Kay ’00, and Josh Meyer ’98 together to play original music and have fun doing it.

Read "Mixed Media: Music" from the Fall 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine.

(From left) Josh Meyer '98, Mike Kay '00, and Jay Carlis '99 play together in the Barrel Fires with non-Ford dummer Dave Rodbart. Photo by Holden Blanco '17. 

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COOL CLASSES: "Machine Learning"

COOL CLASSES: “Machine Learning”

Taught by Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sara Mathieson, this computer science course explores both classical and modern approaches to machine learning, with an emphasis on theoretical understanding.

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. See what other courses the Department of Computer Science is offering.

Photo: Ruiming Li '22.

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