even though i am his mother, i thought it should be noted in the paper that this saturday, representing villanova university, nicholas dipasquale (2004 cs) will be presentating a paper to the masplas (mid-atlantic student workshop on programming languages and systems) at seton hall university. the title of his paper is “syntax semantics and pragmatics of a visual programming language.” nicholas submitted and abstract in january and it was accepted for both presentation and publication. thank you for your time.