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Many colleges do not bind their students to paying for 21 meals per week at campus cafeterias. Instead, students pay a certain amount of money at the beginning of the term, which is recorded on a wallet-sized card. These debit cards may be used in regular dining halls or in alternative college-operated eateries, such as delis and pizza parlors...
UNDER the current system, all students (with the exception of the few who live off-campus or in the co-ops) pay $2145 (about $9.25 a day) per year for 21 meals per week. Students have three options: eat in one of the dining halls, get a bag lunch or forfeit their money and go out. In practice, the average student takes 14 meals a week in the University system, making the average cost per meal...
...parents have given me the confidence that I can do anything," Maher says. "I know that they expect a lot out of me, and I play to make them proud. If they don't see the game, I call them on the pay phone right after the game. I know my father paces around, waiting to hear what happened...
...people will come. They will come from places far and wide. They will pull up in their cars, pay five dollars for a ticket, and they will ask you if they can look around. They will sit in the stands and watch...
...attraction of alternatives is obvious. It costs $6 billion each year just to house the nation's inmate population, an amount that would pay for 250,000 residential drug-treatment slots. "It's time for a radical restructuring of priorities in our penal system," says New York Congressman Charles Rangel, who is sponsoring a bill that would provide $800 million to support alternative programs for drug offenders...