COMS Lore
Computing
GCCIS
Hackathon
Miscellaneous
100

This person is the COMS Staff Advisor and the Assistant Director of Diversity Initiatives.

Jacquis Webb

100

This person is known as the first computer programmer.

Ada Lovelace

100

This is the name of the dining location in GCCIS

CTRL ALT DELI

100

HACK.COMS is taking place on these two dates this year.

Nov 2-3

100

This Eboard member is the head of the Tech Projects Committee.

Christoper

200

This is the date of the COMS Mentorship Kickoff.

September 9th

200

This computer graphics tool is commonly one of the first tools used in introductory computing courses at RIT.

Turtle

200

The lights in the Cybersecurity/GCCIS hallway spell out this word in binary.

RIT

200

This hackathon, which occurs every March, aims to uplift gender minorities.

WiCHacks

200

This two-word alliteration is the name of COMS’ weekly student newsletter.

COMS Connection

300

This is the year that COMS was founded.

Spring 2022

300

The name given to a basic binary unit?

Bit

300

The GCCIS college is named after this businessman.

Blase Thomas Golisano

300

This hackathon, which was created by BrickHack, is exclusively for first year RIT students.

BrickHacks

300

This semi-annual event serves as a reverse Career Fair for several RIT student organizations.

Affinity Reception 

400

his is the room # of COMS’ public space, home to both snacks and resources for your use, the COMS Console.

GOL 2503

400

This base number system is used for the RGB values in a hex code.

Base 16

400

 This person is the dean of GCCIS.

Matt Huenerfauth

400

This was the original name of HACK.COMS before being changed in 2024

Tiger Games


400

This office is responsible for overseeing both Women in Computing and COMS.

Diversity Initiatives Office 

500

This is the full, legal name of COMS’ first tech project, the QuackBox.

Goosetavo Quilson Swanson II

500

This programming language was recently updated to no longer require a Main function in the program file.

Java, “Java 21 introduces a more streamlined way to define the entry point of your application, eliminating the need for public static void main()

500

The GCCIS Tutoring Center is located at this room number.

2410

500

This hackathon, which debuted in 2023, will be taking place this fall on Sep 28-29.

CSHACKS

500

 This is the total number of points a COMS member needs to achieve “Active Membership.”

18

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