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...banishing the Foundation from University Hall, the administration would seem to be taking another swipe at the organization's controversial director. (To be sure, Counter's private office is currently scheduled to stay where it is, in University Hall. That means the director will be faced with the minor inconvenience of commuting between his office and that of the organization he administers...
They say the Union is impersonal. But this year as a sophomore I've found the new process of swiping my I.D. card through an electronic system even more so. Swipe cards may be expediting the process of checking in at meals, but in exchange we've lost all personal interactions with the kitchen workers. Last year, I never had to show my ID with that little sticker on it because Domna in the Union always knew my special number. When I spoke to Roberta at Kirkland House about this new change, she agreed, saying that it didn't allow...
These days it looks as though more Americans than ever are willing to let go. They are traveling through coinless tollbooths, banking at branchless banks, riding in tokenless subways and paying for everything from taxi rides to mortgages with the swipe of a card or the blip of an electronic transfer. Such transactions accounted for 18% of the $55 trillion total that consumers, corporations and governments spent last year. But the number of electronic transfers has increased nearly 200% since 1986, in contrast to a 17% rise in the number of check and cash transactions. And the volume of household...
...debit cards could one day be eclipsed by smart cards, which look like conventional bank plastic but store information on computer chips instead of magnetic stripes. Such cards could hold, say, the profile of an airline passenger, including his frequent-flyer points and seat preferences. With a single swipe of a card through an airline's electronic reader, a traveler could make a reservation and get a seat assignment...
...addition, the card keys have spiced up the otherwise humdrum Quincy atmosphere. Now, students grin and giggle upon seeing the blinking green light that denotes an unlocked door (often after shrugging in exasperation when the first attempted swipe results in a sinister red signal...