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...revenue generated from the Yard dormitories is sent straight from Mac-Gray into the coffers of the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO), while the revenue generated from each House's laundry facilities is sent to its House Committee (HoCo). According to administrators, this action is defensible because the excess money students are charged for laundry is returned to them indirectly through the services that the FDO and the various HoCo's provide. This line of reasoning, however, is riddled with flaws...
...dispute that these are laudable and fund-worthy programs, the fact remains that these programs do not benefit all first-years to the same extent. Most first-years do not participate in orientation programs and only a handful obtain the FDO's coveted grants. Consequently, although the College takes excess laundry money from all students, it hardly pays them back equally. If Harvard truly believes that these programs are valuable, then it should be funding them out of its own generous endowment, not out revenues generated by overcharging already cash-strapped students for their laundry...
Another reason athletes drink to excess, he adds, is that "after a big depressing loss some people might try to escape consciousness [by getting drunk...
Still, critics insist that more work needs to be done. "The efforts in the U.S. have been chaotic and will not be successful until companies start picking up the excess costs," says activist Ted Smith of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. In their defense, U.S. manufacturers insist that government and consumers must share the responsibility--and the cost...
...people who are drinking to excess for the first time are more at-risk," he says of first-years...