Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Argue for or against the term-bill increase to your heart's content. Argue that only downsizing the council will allow the council to obtain the representativeness that it needs. Ask a representative to propose that the question of council downsizing be administered by referendum at the same time as that of the term-bill increase. Argue about whether increased funding should go towards student groups or towards large campus-wide events. But don't use baseless assertions about the success of the council's events and the council's competence without supporting your statements in some meaningful...
...proliferation of businesses that are literally giving away the store? "We're moving from an economy where people pay directly for services to an attention-based economy," says Joe Krause, senior vice president of content at Excite@Home. "What's valuable for businesses is not necessarily the money being directly paid but rather the consumer's attention." Most of these businesses--like Free-PC, which offers a free computer in exchange for a constant ad presence on your desktop, and NetZero, an Internet provider--are relying on advertisers and marketers to provide their income. They subscribe...
While Joe shifted uncomfortably in his chair when I grilled him on his "leadership" role, a content smile spread across his face when he avidly began describing these little sibs. The genuine care and love he feels for them was immediately evident...
...content to merely lay down the groove and the ridiculous innuendo, Beck punctuates these tunes with seemingly incongruent sections. The chorus of "Milk and Honey" is radio-worthy arena rock; "Sexx Laws" breaks for a synthesizer-slide guitar-banjo trio. Yes, a banjo. This would seem to be either an odd attempt at musical novelty or a drug-inspired venture into self-indulgence. But, like the rest of Midnite Vultures, the banjo works, and brilliantly...
...Council also discussed a second concern. Members noted that professors' copyrights were being violated by the sale and posting of the notes. According to a legal opinion submitted to the Council by the University General Counsel's office, the faculty-member owns the content of their lectures, so long as they have recorded it in some form...