Many of the other Big Ten schools are engaged in similar preparedness projects, most notably the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan have pretty well-thought-out plans at this point.

Our newest product is called the Chameleon. We marketed the product first to high schools, and now the University of Maine girls' basketball team is using them.

Very few people want their property condemned. They're not against schools. They're not against redevelopment projects. They just want it to be somewhere else.

The projects we fund are in conjunction with the administration of the two schools, the superintendent and the school board. We're also trying to work with the Parent Teacher Association. It makes no sense to be in competition, and we're much better (now) at doing that.

We are looking at ways that we can prepare the campus to respond in an effective way to a possible outbreak.

The (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is a traveler's best source of information. The agency posts notices on its Web site to let us know where the trouble spots are.