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...answers have led to some changes in InterContinental. The concierge no longer stares down from behind a lectern but sits in a more relaxed setting at a desk. And there's a find-it-yourself information terminal nearby too. "People want concierges to be more approachable and want to be able to actually access them," says Cosslett. "So get off the damn phone. Get rid of all your clobber and stop intimidating me and make me welcome." In London the company extended the idea of engaging customers by taking the housekeeping and other support staff on tours around the city...
When the students in French class heard the noises, teacher Jocelyn Couture-Nowak stiffened: "That's not what I think it is, is it?" Clay Violand, 20, a junior in international studies, pointed at the teacher and said, "Put that desk in front of the door. Now!" She did, but the door still nudged open, and a gun came into view, then a man. Violand dove under a desk as Cho began systematically shooting people, almost in rhythm, taking his time. "After every shot I thought, 'O.K., the next one is me,'" Violand said, so he made himself lie perfectly...
...would hurt. He wondered if he would die slow or fast, and then he thought of his family. "I was terrified that my parents weren't going to be able to go on after I was gone." There was a student in front of him, also under a desk. He didn't know her name, but they kept eye contact. "She was brave. I don't think she cried. We just stared at each other under the desks." When the police finally arrived, says Violand, it was "just me and that one girl next...
Certainly Cho's behavior--between the stalking complaint, the taking of pictures under his desk--will now force colleges around the country to draw a firmer line between what is acceptable behavior in a creative setting and what is dangerous. Even Facebook ramblings, not to mention poetry-class offerings, may soon trigger an automatic response by schools to pick up the lost souls that dot every campus and keep them at safe distance from their peers. But that tension between preserving the free spirit and openness of an academic community and protecting students from real dangers may take years...
Imagine a world in which you can be your own God. You can choose your own gender, color, size, or even species. Instead of driving your car to work, you can fly. Today, you can do all this from the chair of your computer desk with a program called Second Life...