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...made a career as a spare part on Harvard’s pitching staff. That’s all he was meant to be again yesterday, too, as shoulder soreness made freshman hurler Matt Brunnig a late scratch from this weekend’s rotation and caused Walsh to opt for a patchwork of Crimson relievers to replace him in yesterday’s nightcap at Columbia...
...mandated [acting collectively] in central administration, and all the other schools decided to opt in,” Moriarty said...
There are no rebates available for other students on campus who morally oppose services offered by UHS and programs offered by the University. Students who do not subscribe to modern medicine for religious reasons cannot opt out of their health services fee. Similarly, vegetarian and vegan students who believe that slaughtering animals is morally reprehensible cannot receive rebates for their share of the meat purchased for the dining halls...
Pacifists cannot opt out of the portion of their taxes that is allotted for the military in an effort to morally oppose war. Neither should pro-life students be able to opt out of a portion of the Health Services fee as a means of championing their stance. UHS should reform its policy to preserve fairness and HRL should seek other measures to express their moral opposition to abortion...
University Health Services (UHS) deserves applause for its sensitivity, and Harvard Right to Life deserves praise for its informative campaign concerning a student’s right to opt-out of abortion fees. Citizens should not be coerced to pay a tax to fund an activity they find immoral. Unfortunately, this is wishful thinking—as the Staff asserts, students pay taxes, insurance money and dining hall fees. But for an issue as contentious as abortion—where UHS has clearly discerned the price, $1.09, to fund what many consider murder—students should be afforded...