Word: norms
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...Daunting? Yes. Doable? Certainly. So say architects and building security experts Dave Thompson and Norm Garden, vice presidents at RTKL, an architecture and engineering firm. Garden and Thompson know Olympic-size security requirements; Garden was involved in creating the master plan for the Beijing Olympic proposal and Thompson's security clients have included the Department of Defense and various intelligence agencies. TIME.com spoke with both men about the particular challenges of Salt Lake City and the responsibilities of everyone who's planning to attend these Games...
There are three prudential levels that the University needs to consider. First, workers who sense that their employer is squeezing them beyond a widely accepted social norm will work neither efficiently nor well. Especially in cafeteria food service and janitorial work, which are not closely supervised, slowdowns and corner-cutting are easy. If I were a cashier at the Science Center, I would work with “all deliberate speed.” If you expect decent work out of people whose functions are vital to the running of the University then you must pay what is widely regarded...
...ignorance that affects so many college students. As a result, and especially with the novelty of a parent-free, co-ed residential environment that provides opportunities for “nook” within easy distance, many young adults have accepted dangerous forms of casual, unprotected sex as the norm...
...freshman housing with no disciplinary authority. Their function would be better served and you’d get to know them better—having this kind of resource close at hand is especially crucial during the confusing time of freshman year.” This is actually the norm at most universities nationwide, but even close proximity is no guarantee to a beneficial dorm mentoring experience. According to Shara J. Marrero, a first-year at Tufts University, “My resident adviser is a nice guy, but I wouldn?...
...including an all-classical format. Today, WERS’ varied programming reaches a full 25 miles out into New England, hitting five states. With a 4,000 watt signal and a transmitter on top of One Financial Center, WERS has power in the Boston market that is not the norm for college radio. “You’ll never find, in a market as large as Boston, another station with a signal as big as ours being run by undergrads,” comments Dave Murphy, WERS General Manager. “Granted, there are the WBURs [Boston...