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...cause, culminating last week with a new fundraising plan. HDAG, in conjunction with students at many of Harvards graduate schools, began online circulation of a petition last week that would enable students to donate leftover BoardPlus and Crimson Cash to support peacekeepers in Sudan. It is called Swipe for Darfur, and its gathered a few thousand signatures already. Swipe for Darfur is a valid and genuinely well-meaning plan, but alas one that has not been fully developed, nor adequately explained to the Harvard community...
Regardless of how one feels about the HUDS system, in practical terms this is a fundamentally inequitable proposal. If the donation, and the aftereffects of it, affected only those who chose to swipe for Darfur, then there would be no real problem. The reality, however, is that even those who dont elect to swipe will be facing the extra term-bill costs, and that is unfair. Understandably, a student paying more for room and board completely pales in comparison to the suffering of others in Darfur and elsewhere, but we cannot in good conscience endorse a plan that financially burdens...
Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m., accompanied by an entourage of almost 20 supporters and one reporter, Dewitz swiped for the hundredth time (and 101st, just for kicks). Though the machine did not explode, it did emit a congratulatory beep. Meanwhile, as supporters chanted “Swipe! Swipe!” over and over, the Kirkland House swiper folded her arms...
...felt like a rock star,” Dewitz wrote in an e-mail. “But instead of a guitar and a song, I had a swipe card...
...students we approached about this have, for the most part, preferred the idea that students should secure their own belongings rather than installing some kind of swipe card system at the building’s entry points,” White said...