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I remember when Harvard, which had a $25.6 billion endowment at the time, stopped offering free breakfasts for upperclassmen (this was 2009, I don't know if the
by LowKarmaAccount 13y ago
I remember when Harvard, which had a $25.6 billion endowment at the time, stopped offering free breakfasts for upperclassmen (this was 2009, I don't know if they have reinstated it). It was a big deal at the time; it even made the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/education/09harvard.html?ref=us http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/education/09harvard.html?r...
- trhtrsh 13y agoIt wasn't free. Meal plan is a line item on the student bill.
- LowKarmaAccount 13y agoTrhtrsh, you have been hellbanned as of this [‡] comment. I'm not really sure why; HN might have changed their algorithm for banning, or you might have been banned for a bad submission. [‡]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5687245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5687245