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...don’t intrinsically enjoy. Organizing transportation so your peers can get to the airport is a service like any other in our economy, and it’s unclear why UC representatives should be expected to provide it on a volunteer basis. The recent rise of for-profit student businesses at Harvard—most notably Facebook, DormAid, and Unofficial Tours—demonstrates the ability of student entrepreneurs to meet service demands on campus. So, instead of asking the Council to try again, why not let some enterprising students take over this business, and receive financial rewards...
...potential roadblock to a for-profit shuttle service (or several such services, in competition with each other) is the University’s sometimes adversarial approach to student businesses, most notably Unofficial Tours. To succeed, shuttle businesses might need certain privileges that a group like DormAid does not, such as permission to load and unload buses on campus. Because airport shuttles are a highly useful and cost-saving service for students, the University should do what it can to foster entrepreneurial success in this area, even if this means waiving its usual guidelines on student businesses. This would be especially...
...Construction of single-family homes dropped 18% in the third quarter of 2006, and real estate prices have cooled, particularly in overheated markets like California. Steve Steele, 53, made a good living buying houses on credit in San Diego, fixing them up and then reselling them for a lush profit. But now he's shifting his focus to New Mexico. "I think reality has set in," he says. "California is going to be flat for some time...
...politics to accept the rebuke, especially not from a guy with whom she has to share a bathroom. On Friday, she reiterated her promise to refrain from tax hikes and other measures "that discourage working," suggesting instead that the debt may be tackled by stiffening capital gains or corporate profit taxes. Royal then landed Hollande a blow square to the political shorts by tapping party heavyweight Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who contested the primary against her, to lead a study on tax reform. In doing so, Royal not only turned to a recent foe to politically smite her life partner...