Word: budgets
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...while acquisition costs have ballooned with the amount of published material that is currently being produced—both digitally and in print—the libraries’ unrestricted budget has remained stagnant since the beginning of the decade, according to Classics Professor Richard F. Thomas. Now, he adds, it has been...
With health-care expenditures through the roof, this patient benefit is practically free, says Janigro, who used his own iPod and that of a colleague's to pump in the music for the study. "The clinic doesn't have a budget for iPods yet, but soon I think we will. It's a no-brainer," he says. "There's nothing more calming than sleep...
Then there are movies that people simply have to see. Paranormal Activity, made three years ago for a no-budget $11,000 - yes, thousand - is the new overnight sensation. Opening two weeks ago at midnight shows in 16 college towns, Oren Peli's haunted-house thriller expanded on Friday to full playdates at 159 venues and scared up a phenomenal $7.1 million. That's $44,475 per screen, making this the highest-ever average for a medium-size release. Paramount Pictures' clever viral media campaign helped, but credit the movie's breakout status to old-fashioned word of mouth...
After the death of Full Moon on the Quad, an illustrious 19th-century tradition where seniors would make out with freshmen under the first full moon of the year, due to swine flu concerns, another Stanford party may soon die from budget cuts. Stanford is suddenly getting drearier...
Once upon a time, in a dark era of hardship, lost riches and budget cuts, the Faculty resolved to make a noble sacrifice: forego cookies at their monthly meeting...