Word: extras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think it's always nice to have extra advice. Both types of counseling, from Faculty members and peers, provide different things," she says. "Peers can afford perspective since they've taken the course. Faculty members provide the structure and the deeper knowledge of the system that the peers don't provide. Both are integral...
...maintenance workers coat the statue with beeswax, a first line of defense that protects it from regular wear and tear. Several times a year, his guardians use basic soap and water to give Johnny the extra fresh feeling he deserves. And on those rare occasions when the situation calls for more than the suds can handle, Bicknell brings in the big guns--an intense spraying technique known as "power washing." After all, this isn't John...
What is ironic, however, is that the University is heralding a project with little practical significance (other than aesthetic grandeur) while numerous areas with more immediate student impact could certainly use the extra dollars. All of us could benefit from the hiring of more Faculty. Student athletic facilities are in abysmal condition. And a new student center would be a structure which we could do more than just gaze...
...What is ironic, however, is that the University is heralding a project with little practical significance (other than aesthetic grandeur) while numerous areas with more immediate student impact could certainly use the extra dollars. All of us could benefit from the hiring of more Faculty. Student athletic facilities are in abysmal condition. And a new student center would be a structure which we could do more than just gaze...
...down all the bugs," says Elmer-DeWitt. Which is why it is probably good advice to prepare for the Y2K problem as one would for a good storm, in the words of Senator Christopher Dodd. For instance, says DeWitt, it may be useful to put away "some extra cans of food for New Year's Day 2000." But computers or not, trucks will still roll on the highways come January 1, and any disruptions in food distribution will be minor. "The real problem," says Elmer-Dewitt, "is panic -- fear of the problem rather than the problem itself...