I was not able to attend the Rose Cafe, but I attended the reception and dinner with the Cornell president, Martha Pollack. Even though she wasn’t able to make the reception, I was glad I was able to meet more people in Rose and learn more about my peers. I was luckily able to meet and talk to her at the dinner, and having a casual setting to talk to her informally was a great experience as it allowed me to get to know such a powerful, prominent figure on Cornell campus in a new light. Despite not being able to hear her too well because of the seating arrangements, I still was able to ask a few questions and hear about some of her experiences. One that stood out to me to the most was how she uses her CS background to help her with presidential tasks because in CS, we never get the first program right- we are continuously improving. It was very interesting to see her apply that in implementing educational initiatives as she goes in knowing it might not work entirely but finds the best way to optimize the situation before taking feedback and improving upon that.