Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Following this wavelength of deconstructing the layout of the store, Schor backtracks to the place she first stopped when we came in, and explains "the decompression zone...
...This space between cargo pants and sweaters begins to take on a whole new meaning as Schor elaborates: "The decompression zone is the spot where everybody stops to orient themselves. You shouldn't put anything important or expensive there, because people ignore everything immediately around them when they're orienting themselves to the store on the whole...
...Before this new knowledge of the decompression zone has fully decompressed--for several eavesdropping customers--we are safely out of the zone, and onto the catalogues stacked in front of the checkout counter...
...Saving herself the six bucks, Schor replaces the catalogue in its stack, and makes her way back to the entrance. Passing back through the decompression zone, and navigating around the table displays, we escape through the front doors and end up back in the hustle of the square...
Several ideas for involving students in the fight against homophobia were discussed. These included a more extensive postering campaign, the distribution of buttons and the establishment of a peer education group. Another idea was to pass out safe zone stickers to student rooms to indicate that the rooms are homophobia-free...