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...years, the federal government has tried to assist Amtrak’s bid to provide this travel need, but fares offered by the beleaguered passenger train service remain distressingly high. For travel times of over four hours, standard round-trip tickets between Boston and New York cost around $110, and for service via the crown jewel of the Amtrak network—namely, the “high-speed” Acela train—these prices rise to over $200 for trips that last only an hour less. JetBlue, on the other hand, offers round-trip tickets ranging from...
Your recent editorial (“Go Forth,” Oct. 11) highlighted the many immediate benefits of the College’s new policy on international travel. In addition to the broadened options for students, it might also be helpful to note how the process of policy review might change the paradigm for issues relevant to undergraduates...
Throughout the last two semesters, scores of students became passionate about the issue of travel policy reform. Enlisting allies through an online petition, seeking the help of the Undergraduate Council, publishing a potent editorial in The Crimson, consulting with allies in the faculty, and amicably (but no less forcefully) lobbying University Hall, students saw the matter through from start to finish...
...hope is that our work in this matter will extend far beyond the realm of travel policy. Students stand to benefit tremendously from having a powerful voice, successful campaigns, collaborative working groups, and resulting policies that satisfy the entire community. Though this campaign was perhaps unprecedented in its speed, success, and level of student inclusion, I can only hope that its process will not remain unique for long...
...writer was the student representative to the committee which recommended the College’s revised travel policy...