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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...compulsory 21 meal per week board contract, even though statistics show that the average student eats only 14 meals per week. We believe that many residents of Harvard College desire a choice of meal plans, which would allow them greater flexibility and possible monetary savings, as compared to the present 21-meal plan...
...present, Harvard has no facilities for dealing with the writing problems of undergraduates. Freshmen may obtain help from their Expos preceptors, and all students can get psychological counselling and friendly advice from Room 13, the Bureau of Study Counsel, and UHS psychologists; however, there is no place for students to get advice specifically about their writing--about style, grammar, technical methods to snap out of writer's block, or help with a specific paper. Counselors at the above organizations and many students have expressed the desire for a service similar to the Hilles Writing Center that was shut down...
Variable meal plans require tighter security precautions because they would create an entirely new category of stolen meals. At present, almost all stolen meals occur when a Harvard student tries to obtain a meal for a non-Harvard friend. Under student holding a contract which allows him less than 21 meals per week must be prevented from taking part in meals for which he is not eligible...
...House system. By allowing any one group to opt out of a substantial number of meals, the overall function for which the Houses were first established--that of bringing together a group of students and tutors for frequent educational and social contacts--would undoubtedly be undermined. At present, most students meet other people in their House primarily by eating with them. If more students eat off-campus, a certain degree of House community and closeness would necessarily be sacrificed...
...believe that the University should provide toilet paper to everyone in the College [at present upperclassmen in the River Houses are not supplied it]? What if it resulted in a $2 to $4 increase in each student's term bill...