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Police and others note that she never panhandles, instead keeping her own quiet routine amid the hustle and bustle near the MBTA bus stop...
Students from 50 Boston-area colleges receive 11 percent discounts on semester-long subway and bus passes—but not Harvard undergraduates. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) offers the discount to all local colleges and universities, at no charge. Seven of Harvard’s graduate schools participate, but sadly, the College does not—apparently for no reason whatsoever...
According to MBTA spokesperson Lydia M. Rivera, the MBTA has tried unsuccessfully to get Harvard to sign on—for decades. But MBTA officials say they have only been met with reluctance and resistance. Rivera says College representatives have claimed too few students leave campus often enough for the discount to be worthwhile...
...other schools, all it would cost Harvard is a phone call. Participating colleges may choose to further subsidize the discount—as the University does for its employees—but at the very least, the College could allow students to reap the benefits of the 11 percent MBTA discount without having to pay a penny. In a cost-benefit analysis where there is no cost, there is no excuse...
Several College administrators contacted yesterday were unclear about who in the College would be responsible for making the MBTA discount available to Harvard undergraduates...