[1628] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] RE: Mandatory T passes?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M Kelch)
Fri Oct 21 16:29:55 2005
From: Steven M Kelch <kelch@mit.edu>
To: Diandra Lucia <dmariel@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <KPEAICLMPLHHFJDLCBAEEEOJCAAA.dmariel@mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:28:43 -0400
cc: ec-discuss@mit.edu
cc: mit-talk@mit.edu
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I think the idea is that they can only offer it that cheap if everyone
buys it, so that the people who dont use it make up for the people who
use it overmuch.
SKelch
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 13:27 -0400, Diandra Lucia wrote:
> I loathe mandatory extra expenses, and I don't think most people are very
> fond of them, either (especially students). That said, $10/month is such a
> good deal that I suspect a decent amount of folks would _choose_ to buy
> passes each month. Why do they feel the need to make this mandatory?
> (Sure, some people don't get out much, but if someone wants to be a
> reclusive tool, that's their choice to make.)
>
> - Diandra
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jessica H Lowell [mailto:jessiehl@MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:58 PM
> To: mit-talk@mit.edu
> Cc: ec-discuss@mit.edu
> Subject: Mandatory T passes?
>
>
> 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
>
>
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