Students: CS4 a mess from start
In light of the recent allegations that as many as 40 students cheated on a Computer Science 4 assignment, students have expressed criticism of both Professor Rex Dwyer as well as the CS department for failing to provide adequate tutoring resources and structure for the class over the course of the term. Students in both CS 4, taught by Dwyer, and CS 15, which he taught until this week, said that the classes were poorly organized from the beginning and that the department did little to help Dwyer fix the problems during his first term as a visiting professor at Dartmouth. "I think he came here not really planning to teach but to do research," one student said, "he didn't seem very sure of what he was supposed to be teaching." All students interviewed by The Dartmouth wished to remain anonymous for fear of implication in the scandal or possible retaliation by the department in this or future CS classes, but all gave similar comments about the class and the professor. Students have especially criticized Dwyer's poor staffing of tutoring sessions, a problem that partly caused him asking to be relieved from professorship of CS 15 earlier this week. Dwyer told The Dartmouth in a previous interview that he had expected more from the department in terms of staffing the sessions.