TO THE EDITOR:
According to last week’s article, the Robertson bus will begin charging UNC students $2.50 per one-way-ride in January.
My disappointment and anxiety is deep-rooted, and the Triangle Transit needs to reconsider the upcoming change.
My outrage is from my role as editor-in-chief of Rival Magazine, a joint UNC-Duke University student publication.
Our staff, which is composed of students from both schools, relies heavily on the bus for transportation to meetings and for providing an easy and reliable connection between the schools to complete the reporting and photography assignments our magazine is based around.
The charge will severely limit our organization, and we are not alone. Rival is one of more than 40 Duke-UNC student groups.
My disappointment is from my role as a student.
It is not only Robertson Scholars who venture down the road for academic enrichment; through inter-institutional forms, courses at both colleges are open for all Duke and UNC students.
$5 per class meeting is outrageous and will inhibit UNC students from taking advantage of the wealth of academic opportunities at Duke.
