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...College officials agreed to continue funding the student-run House Committees up-front, two days after the University decided to freeze all money, including funds for HoCos, that is normally collected by the Undergraduate Council from a student-paid termbill...
...HoCos will continue to receive $4,500 as an up-front lump sum each semester, Associate Dean for Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson said at yesterday’s meeting of the Committee on House Life...
...life for the sake of the Party Fund is unfair.To illustrate, the College’s new policy requiring receipts for disbursement—meant to crack down on students and groups illegally using grant money to fund alcoholic purchases—essentially terminates the UC’s up-front grant program, without which many student groups cannot survive. Student groups with high fixed costs and uncertain and delayed revenues (particularly arts groups and publications) rely heavily on the UC to provide cash before an event takes place. Without such funding, students must rely on large amounts of their...
...scene last year as an equalizer in the Harvard social scene. Unfortunately, the pub has started the year with a senseless policy grounded in inequality. We write of the pub’s Upper Hall program. When it began last year, Upper Hall allowed seniors willing to pay an up-front subscription fee (which manifests in the form of a mug) to drink up to three drinks a night every other Friday—and every Friday at the end of the year—at no cost. It was a successful idea that both popularized the pub and, more...
...based software costs $12 to $149 a month, depending on the amount of disk space and the number of features you use. The thousands of paying users--Fried won't say exactly how many--provide 37signals with a steady revenue stream. The subscription model minimizes the up-front cost for small businesses and makes software spending more predictable for firms worried about cash flow. The monthly fees include ongoing service and updates...