Seven Reason to Shave Your Head and Three Reasons Not to: The bald truth. Commun. ACM. 49, (4): 31-32 (April, 2006)[[pdf]](Seven Reasons/Volume49%5Fnumber4patterson%5Ffiles/volume49%5Fnumber3patterson.pdf) [[html]](Seven Reasons/Volume49%5Fnumber4patterson%5Ffiles/Volume49%5Fnumber4pat`terson.html)
20th Century vs. 21st Century C&C: The SPUR Manifesto Commun. ACM 48, (3): 15-16 (March, 2005)[pdf][html]
The State of Funding for New Initiatives in Computer Science and Engineering Commun. ACM 48, (4): 21-25 (April, 2005)[[pdf]](State of Funding/state%5Ffiles/volume48/volume48%5Fnumber4patterson.pdf) [[html]](State of Funding/state%5Ffiles/volume48/volume48%5Fnumber4.html)
Recognizing Individual Excellence Helps Us All Commun. ACM 48, (5): 27-28 (May, 2005)[[pdf]](Individual Excellence/volume48%5Fissue5patterson.pdf) [[html]](Individual Excellence/volume48%5Fissue5-patterson.html)
Do You Queue? Commun. ACM 48, (6): 27-28 (June, 2005)[[pdf]](Do You/volume48%5Fissue6patterson.pdf) [[html]](Do You/volume48%5Fissue6patterson.html)
Reflections on a Programming Olympiad Commun. ACM 48, (7): 15-16 (July, 2005)[pdf][html]
Does ACM Support Matter to Conferences or Journals? Commun. ACM 48, (8): 29-30 (August, 2005)[[pdf]](Actions Support/volume48%5Fissue8patterson.pdf) [[html]](Actions Support/volume48%5Fissue8patterson.html)
Restoring the Popularity of Computer Science Commun. ACM 48, (9): 25-28 (September, 2005)[pdf][html]
The New Professional Development Centre Boasts 1, 000 Courses,O'Reilly Books, and CS Classics. Commun. ACM 48, (10): 15-16 (October, 2005)[[pdf]](The New Professional/The new professional%5Ffiles/volume48%5Fnumber10patterson%5Ffiles/volume48%5Fnumber10patterson.pdf) [[html]](The New Professional/The new professional%5Ffiles/volume48%5Fnumber10patterson%5Ffiles/volume48%5Fnumber10patterson.html)
The Health of Research Conferences and the Dearth of Big Idea Papers. Commun. ACM 47, (12): 23-24 (December, 2004)[[pdf]](Health of Research/volume47%5Fissue12patterson.pdf) [[html]](Health of Research/volume47%5Fissue12patterson.html)