[1940] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] [UA-SCATR] New Card initiative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erin Price)
Mon Jul 3 15:34:19 2006
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:33:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Erin Price <aerynne@mit.edu>
To: Michael Shaw <mshaw@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <b903a2f20607031221l78812228ncfed42d207661740@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: reubano@alum.mit.edu, faber@alum.mit.edu, ua-scatr@mit.edu,
"Pius A. Uzamere II" <pius@alum.mit.edu>, mit-talk@mit.edu
Errors-To: mit-talk-bounces@mit.edu
> So, what really is wrong with Dining Dollars? For those of us who
> don't use them, it doesn't make a difference, anyway--its not like
> we're talking about taking away traditional techcash.
The problem comes in when Dining Dollars are made the default. I don't
know if that's what's happening, and if what someone said earlier about
students being able to switch money easily from one account to another is
true, then that's fine. However, at Boston College, for example, you have
(aside from the meal plan if you live in a non-kitchen-enabled dorm)
either Eagle Bucks or Dining Bucks. Dining Bucks are only usable at the
dining halls, while Eagle Bucks can be used at the dining halls, the
bookstore, laundry rooms, several offcampus restaurants (like Pizzeria
Uno or Domino's) and a grocery store. They eventually made Dining Bucks
usable at on campus vending machines, too, but they're not transferable
to Eagle Bucks. Which means that if you want to say, do your laundry, or
buy some food to keep in your room, or get a new notebook, your ID is
useless. It's another way of remote parental control---saying "you must
eat in the dining halls" (whose food is not appealing day after day after
day).
Erin
aerynne@mit.edu
"In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your
solitude."-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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