No U-Pass???
Mar 17th, 2008 by Miranda
Can this really be a viable option? With the number of students that depend upon their affordable ability to get to and from school, getting rid of the u-pass? Whoever thought of this has obviously been away from the University/student life waaaay to long to be making the decisions they do about something that affects students so much.
Apparently (please forgive my if I have this totally wrong), if there are less that 4505 student voters in the upcoming AMS elections or if there are enough people that vote no, the U-Pass will no longer exist. Thats right! Some smart(politically correct)”butt”ed individual thought that this was acceptible. Obviously, any student on campus with a brain can realize the implications of this disaster.
So.. this is my plea. It is simple and non-intrusive. VOTE! Thats all it takes! I am guessing that the two options you might be presented with during this vote are poopy at best(IE Option 1: vote yes and the U-Pass gets more expensive, Option 2: vote no and the U-Pass gets deleted *click click*) but welcome to the world of politics! So please choose the lesser of two evils. If you do not rely upon public transit (this is rare though.. honestly) then just vote! Us students need the participation!
Ditto ditto ditto
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Isn’t it funny that it’s OK for those of us who have no choice but to drive (costs a lot more than a bus pass people) to subsidize a mandatory U-Pass for everyone, but it’s not OK to only have the people who can make use of the pass pay a little more?
Why not have a university wide opt-in program, then negotiate a new U-Pass for the willing? If the U-Pass really is a viable option wanted by a large majority, surely enough people would opt-in to make it work.
Good point Josh. But I might need to correct you on your info a little bit. No student who does not want the U-pass included in their fees HAS to pay for it. It is definitely an optional fee (included automatically, yes) meaning that if you don’t want it (there are more students that want it then those who do not) you can Opt-out. By opting out you would not be subsidizing anything. The opt-in approach would be more work then it presently is and the way that it presently is (opt-out if you dont need it – sorry, i dont have the website as to where you would do this on hand but i do know it is possible before a certain date IE before they have been sent out:P ) is fair! I appreciate your idea though.. good to see someone is thinking about this kind of thing – speaking from another perspective.