Word: kiosks
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...Park Street station, I realized that Iactually felt nervous and a little scared. Therewas a kiosk with an aerial photo-map of Boston;looking down from the air into the buildings andstreets made my stomach rise and tilt, like I wasin an elevator that had just lurched 50 stories. Ididn't want to go upstairs and face job hunting; Iwandered around looking for a musician, feelingvaguely sorry for myself. It was amazing how justimagining that I had no job depressed me; twocheerful Deadheads playing "Jailhouse Rock"finally got me upstairs...
...pricey kiosk is reminiscent of Harvard's own sentry booth, built in 1983 at a total cost of $57,000. Crafted in the Victorian style and also built to house a single security guard, the Johnston Gate kiosk boasted a cost per square foot of about...
...costly kiosks? According to Justin Harmon, director of commmunications and publications at Princeton, their kiosk is part of a multi-million dollar renovation of Alexander Hall, the main campus concert facility, and the adjacent Stockton Court plaza. The redesigned entrance area will eliminate traffic congestion and give visitors "a sense of place," he said...
Student reaction to the expenditure has been less favorable. Senior Eliot Young, a member of Students for a Responsible Society, an undergraduate group, said in a letter to the Daily Princetonian that the $50,000 spent on the kiosk could have paid for two single family residences in nearby Trenton...
Harmon was also perturbed by student reaction. He noted that the money for the kiosk came from a $100,000 grant from the DeWitt Wallace Foundation, and was specifically earmarked for renovation. Harmon emphasized that Princeton "did not divert funds from dryers, books for the library, scholarships, or other worthy purposes...