Word: centralization
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Fire alarms across the campus are all linked to a central data-gathering site, which University engineers staff around the clock. The system was upgraded within the past few years and plays a crucial role in the University's response to a potential fire, says Thomas E. Vautin, associate vice president for facilities and environmental services...
Looking like a cross between a phaser from Star Trek and a remote control from Wal-Mart, the input devices allow students to instantly "beam" their answers to a central terminal by pressing a corresponding numerical button. The terminal would then compile the answers and create final distribution statistics for how the class fared on each question...
...time, oratory was central to undergraduate life. At some schools, this tradition remains: Princeton's Whig-Clio, Yale's Political Union and Oxford's famed debating societies all host regular debates on campus, and a fair number of students participate...
...remember why I have always wanted to teach and work with families. It's exciting actually to have a conversation with my little sib and spend an afternoon together doing nothing at all. It's incredible to share a Saturday morning on a snow-covered basketball court in Central Square challenging her to another game of Around-the-World, without looking at my watch first or stifling a yawn...
...Donors who give to ASG choose where their donations go," said Edelman, who believes this feature is central to ASG's goal of starting a dialogue about charitable giving on campus...