CSH - Red Bull Coding Marathon

This event is a competition for teams of 3 to 5 people that will take place over 12 hours on January 17th - January 18th, 2003.  Application and involvement is free of charge.  Participating teams will choose between objectives revealed to them at 6:00 on the 17th in the CS building, and the competition will begin at 7:00 and end at 7:00 the next morning.  Teams will be provided with Red Bull and pizza throughout the night, but any team member that leaves the building will forfeit their team's entry.  The objectives will be energy themed, and no limitations are put on the language, environment, or structure of the programs produced.  Judging will be conducted by impartial judges, and will be scored on creativity, implementation of the objective, and overall presentation.  Participation in the event is limited to 100 people (not teams), and teams will be accomodated on a first come, first serve basis.