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...problem of guests avoiding the transient fees is one which is the "responsibility of the Harvard student, who essentially is taking food" for a friend, Benjamin H. Walcott, assistant director of food services, said...
While some Harvard students said they believe a computer system and stricter security might help to limit the number of unauthorized meals taken, many said they would continue to encourage their visitors to avoid paying the transient fees, which one student said, "are not worth the price of the food...
...There are no missed-meal factors in the transient rates." Weissbecker said, adding that the board fee is based on the fcat that the average student consumes only two-thirds of the meals he has contracted for. As a result, Weissbecker added, the transient rates, without tax, of $3.65 for lunch and $4.70 for dinner are designed to "recover" the full possible cost of serving an average meal...
...Palmer near the Coop Annex, a woman guitarist wails a Joni Mitchell tune into a portable microphone and amplifier in her own musical fight against the motorized bustle. The classical musicians and the lone woman each grab a portion of the nighttime crowd, but the audiences are largely transient. The onlookers stay for a song, maybe a few. They often drop some spare change before continuing with their plans, or looking for some...
...dragnet zeroed in on four work camps where transient workers often stayed, Majeski predicted that Louisiana police would find Abbott combing his hair in front of a mirror and that he would give up without a fight. The savvy New York cop was uncannily right on both counts...