Word: portal
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...choice is perverted into searching the CUE Guide for the most acceptable ratio between course difficulty and workload. Though it may sound unpopular, what we need is less freedom: We need a system like Columbia’s. The Columbia Core is a rigid requirement of ten arenas, concentrating portal courses in Literature Humanities, Contemporary Civilization, Frontiers of Science, Art Humanities, and even Physical Education. The rationale is obvious: There is a body of knowledge that each student must know before he or she can be fit to be called a graduate of Columbia. There are no exceptions or excuses...
...happens like clockwork, every afternoon at 4 p.m. Hours before families around the country get ready to sit down for dinner, executives at Yahoo! notice the words "chicken" and "recipe" registering large spikes in the portal's list of top search queries. Not only that, but a million searches each week include the name of an identifiable food item...
...Yahoo's Media Group could use a hit. Company CEO Terry Semel recruited former ABC-TV chairman Lloyd Braun two years ago to help the portal become a serious show biz player, and the Media Group was touted as an incubator for revolutionary new online content. But a series of gaffes ensued: plans to revive a TV pilot called "The Runner" as an interactive game went nowhere, a roving war correspondent and an adventure travel guide failed to click with audiences, and there was even discussion of having a newscast read by puppets. This year, scaling back its ambitious plans...
...plus side, the design of Yahoo! Foods will surprise long-time users of the portal. Eye-grabbing headlines in different fonts and sizes fill each page, which are divided into various windows and modules covering different areas of the culinary experience. "We wanted the page to look like a refrigerator door, complete with magnets and post-it notes," says Brown. A "Food for Good" spot on the front page promotes philanthropic efforts, allowing feverish foodies to donate to hunger-related causes. As Martha might say, that's a good thing...
...come to something nobody would strongly object to as opposed to something everybody would be excited about.” The lack of a strong decision-maker killed any inspiring ideas in each proposal. Later, when administrators were attempting to implement the non-plan, the application of the broader portal courses was pathetic at best. So far, only the Humanities and the Life Sciences courses show up in the Courses of Instruction, though the idea was approved by small subcommittees almost two years ago. Indecision persists and the crisis at the core remains. In view of our cyclical short-term...