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From: Steven M Kelch <kelch@mit.edu> To: "TIM@MIT" <supertim@mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <4359202A.8070607@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:24:51 -0400 cc: ec-discuss@mit.edu cc: mit-talk@mit.edu Errors-To: mit-talk-bounces@mit.edu > > I can see where a few people might get upset about having to pay an > > extra $10/month, but when you're already paying upwards of $43K...what's > > another hundred? That's not the problem.. the problem is compulsory meal plans, phone line buy ins, inflated text book prices due to selective dispersal of lists, techcash fees, expensive campus dining, etc for which the $43k fails to be a good estimate. I was actually denied a full sum of my loan application because MIT said I don't need the money, and I do, because food on campus is so damn expensive etc. I don't have $120 in my bank account to spare. Maybe that's why I think this is a bad idea. Either way, $43k is already past my limit, so throwing my hands up in the air and going into debt further for services I don't need is against my intuition. SKelch On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 13:06 -0400, TIM@MIT wrote: > So, assuming this goes all year, thats $120. Ride the Suway 46 times > (assuming you make a round trip), or the bus 60 times, and it pays for > itself. That's really not very much...less than once a week. > > It encourages public transportation. > It pushes students to get off campus and into the city > People who live off campus (esp. in Back Bay and Beyond...Frats) don't > have to deal with a failing SafeRide to get to class > > I can see where a few people might get upset about having to pay an > extra $10/month, but when you're already paying upwards of $43K...what's > another hundred? > > -Tim > > Jessica H Lowell wrote: > > >According to the front page of the Tech, there's a preliminary proposal for > >requiring all MIT students and staff to pay $10/month in exchange for universal > >T passes. This was the first I'd heard of this, though apparently grad students > >have been talking about it for a while. What are people's opinions on this? > > > >- Jessie > > > > > _______________________________________________ MIT-talk mailing list MIT-talk@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mit-talk
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