Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site haddock.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!haddock!trb From: trb@haddock.UUCP Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Are PIRG Fees Legal? Message-ID: <88100001@haddock.UUCP> Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 17:25:00 EST Article-I.D.: haddock.88100001 Posted: Fri Jan 31 17:25:00 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Feb-86 05:22:54 EST References: <2900004@orstcs.UUCP> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:orstcs:2900004:haddock:88100001:000:485 Nf-From: haddock!trb Jan 31 17:25:00 1986 When I went to Worcester Tech, MassPIRG started collecting fees ($2 per year or semester) as part of tuition (in 1977, I think). It was kind of funny to have this group, which we all perceived as anti-technology, collecting fees with our tuition. After a hue and cry from the students, the bursar's office refunded the fee on request (after they collected it). I don't know if MassPIRG still collects at Worcester Tech. Andrew Tannenbaum Interactive Boston, MA 617-247-1155