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Beverage containers of less than 32 ounces must have a refund value of at least five cents and larger containers a refund value of at least ten cents. This requirement applies to non-biodegradable containers of carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, beer and other malt beverages, but not to containers of other alcoholic beverages, dairy products, natural fruit juices of wine. All beverage containers subject to deposit must clearly indicate the refund value on the container...
Administrator and student supporters both acknowledge that student body support for the new government is vital for its survival. One early measure of support they say, will be the number of students who refuse to fund the government and request a refund Other key indicators will be the number of candidates for the Council and the percentage of students voting in the October election...
...again, Harvard's model basically aims to counter this widespread feeling of the importance of money for a student government's acceptance. Certainly, administrators and students agree that funding will give Harvard's Undergraduate Council elevated status. But the relatively small fee and the refund option reflect a view which downplays the belief that money is a student government's lifeline. Harvard's Dowling says it is important not to let the allocation of funds dominate the council's chief function: meeting as a group and with faculty to discuss College issues. "We believe student organizations should be self-supported...
...budget of campus groups and divides the rest between administrative costs and social events. Columbia and Princeton recently raised their fees, giving their governments hundreds of thousands of dollars while Harvard's first batch of Undergraduate Council officers will hope for $60,000 and only a trickle of refund requests...
...taxes. Many people insist that it is all right to cut corners because the tax code favors big corporations and wealthy individuals by granting them lucrative tax shelters and other loopholes. Reports that a giant corporation like General Electric Co. (1981 profits: $1.7 billion) is actually getting a Government refund on past returns add powerful fuel to this resentment. Says Thomas Field, executive director of Tax Analysts and Advocates of Arlington, Va.: "Millions of taxpayers are now asking why they should pay when corporations and rich people have so many ways of evading taxes...