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Discuss “Jeopardy tapes College Championship”

?I?m just going to do my best,? declared junior ECE major K. Elliott Fleming before being pulled away by a Jeopardy! stage manager and surrounded by cameramen and photographers.

Wearing a gray Carnegie Mellon sweatshirt with rolled-up sleeves, Fleming answered a barrage of questions in a soft-spoken and confident voice, emphasizing that while slightly nervous he was still ?definitely pumped about [appearing on the show].? Competing alongside him at the Petersen Events Center this Saturday were 14 other students from various colleges. Each contestant eliminated in the first week received $5000, semi-finalists were awarded $10,000, and the winner was to receive a specially designed trophy and a total cash prize of $100,000.

Fleming, a member...

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