Shaking up vending.A MILKY WAY Milky Way, the galaxy of which the sun and solar system are a part, seen as a broad band of light arching across the night sky from horizon to horizon; if not blocked by the horizon, it would be seen as a circle around the entire sky. MIGHT PROVIDE A brood sugar boost to students, but an iPod Shuffle The smallest and most basic iPod, and the only iPod without a display screen. Designed for people who just want to press start and play their tunes sequentially or at random, the shuffle holds up to 240 songs in 1GB of flash memory. can keep 'era up all night. Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. administrators have opted to place iPods as well as other techie A technical person. See hacker and programmer. offerings in vending machines. Thanks to the move, which was executed by the vending operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. Canteen, students can now insert money into a vending machine and receive a Shuffle, iTunes gift certificate, or burnable CD. (The price for the Shuffle is $80.) The new offerings sit alongside the usual vending machine fare in a new cyber cafe on Columbia's Morningside Heights campus. Students are encouraged to hook up laptops and gather in study groups, and the new vending machine choices "are things that you would associate with computers," says Christine Torio, assistant director of retail operations. The musically inclined items might not provide a windfall to the university (sates have been slow), but their mere presence can give students the feeling that the university cares about them--and their tastes in gadgets. |
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