Word: hsto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When a "line-owner" does not pay a bill over $5, HSTO sends a reminder and then disconnects the student's line after 60 days. When a student who has not paid a phone bill is about to graduate, HSTO contacts the Registrar's office and attempts to withhold the degree...
...HSTO has taken this step only once in recent years, Wise said. More common is the use of a collection agency to attempt to recover unpaid bills...
Although the PAC codes that HSTO distributes could lend themselves to abuse, Wise says that because of the "character and integrity of Harvard students, it really hasn't been a problem...
Wise said that this sort of search is easy to do, because HSTO maintains its records as a database. But he said it is rarely done. He said that HSTO records have never been subpoenaed by a court...
While some critics of HSTO claim that it is a monopoly and others worry that it permits invasions of student privacy, Wise says that he is only too happy to address undergraduate concerns...