Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This fall, under the prompting of Governor Pete Wilson, California introduced the California Virtual University (CVU)-a Web site which allows anyone with a computer to take a class at a California university on-line...
...recent years, companies have used the Internet to market themselves to an increasingly computer-savvy youth generation. Now schools-with the support of state governments-have also jumped on the virtual bandwagon, including Governor Wilson, who established CVU by an executive order in April...
...already changed American style. The Pottery Barn's catalogs are virtual mash notes to Martha's aesthetic. This has not gone unnoticed. "Pottery Barn--total copy!" she exclaims. "They all copy. You can accept it as flattery or have your own catalog." Guess what? A catalog of Martha-inspired items, Martha by Mail, will land in mailboxes next month. She also hopes to put out a line of staples like sugar and flour. "I want people to cook," she says, pounding the air. "I'll make the piecrust, but I want people to fill their own pies...
...impeding your ability to remember, pay attention, reason. And emotionally, it will blacken your days with irritability and all-consuming depression. Worst of all, you know that the disease cannot be prevented or stalled, arrested or cured. To learn that you have the offending gene is to receive a virtual death sentence that leaves only two questions unanswered: When will the nightmare begin? And how long will your suffering last...
...other important, previously undiscussed issues will arise. There are as many things to change at Harvard as there are students with ideas. Some of my concerns this semester include the virtual absence of child care on campus for faculty, staff, and students; tutor sensitivity to the concerns of underrepresented groups; and desperately needed improvements in campus safety(all too often seen as a "women's" issue). I want to make clear that I am not just talking about racial or ethnic minorities and women when I talk about underrepresented groups. Students of different sexual orientations, transgendered students, students from different...