Re: advice for the undergrad

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> I can choose between German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Arabic.

Arabic might be a good idea simply because nobody else speaks it outside of 
Arabic-speaking countries, some of which contain dinosaur fossils...

> I was also looking at some computer science courses, but... Why is it so
> important to take a computer language?

So you can for example contribute to highly practical programs like this: 
http://mesquiteproject.org