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If you’d participated in the previous event, then you should already have received an email about it. This is a puzzle-solving game held at colleges across North America by alumni who work at Microsoft; teams of four strive to solve the largest number of puzzles within a twelve-hour time frame. Each year, the puzzles are solved in the framework of a different theme.

New schools have been added this year, as usual, so sign up if your school’s participating! Though it’s not easy to win recognition, most participants have immense fun. If you do well, you might also land a job at Microsoft, but that’s not the main reason people play. This would be the third time I’m participating at Columbia.

More information is available at the Challenge’s official website.