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Rather than creating a selection of university-operated eateries, as many colleges do, Harvard could rely upon the many restaurants in the Square. A debit-card system at Harvard would thus have to involve cash refunds for unused meals, so that the cash could be used at local eateries. Under this system, a student could choose between one meal at a house dining hall or $4.10 to spend at a house grill or a private restaurant...
...faults of the dining hall system, a debit-card system with no restrictions would not be any better. It would probably weaken the house system, and possibly the health of students. Neither the strict dining hall system nor an unrestricted debit-card system is ideal for Harvard...
...advantages of the limited-debit system stem from the flexibility it affords students. Everyone has a least-favorite night on the dining hall menu cycle, and a limited-debit system would allow them to avoid it. Secondly, students could avoid the endless lines at lunch-time at the Union, Adams, Quincy and Lowell. The Quadlings who must crowd into river houses at lunch would be free to choose a restaurant instead...
...believed that a debit system would destroy the house community, I would not advocate it. But I believe that students can be given more choice without jeopardizing the house communities...
Under a limited-debit system, dinners would still have the same social function as before, while students would enjoy the flexibility of a cash system. An acceptable balance would be struck. If it became necessary to ensure this balance, the University could make only lunches refundable, although this measure would probably not be needed...