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January 20, 2005
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SEPTA fare hikes, service cuts near implementation
Gov. Ed Rendell issued a last-minute stay on Dec. 20 to postpone a plan for service cuts and fare hikes for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority that was scheduled to take effect in January 2005. The plan will still be implemented if movement towards increased SEPTA funding does not take place by Feb. 27.
SEPTA’s proposal calls for a reduction by 20 percent in all services on regional rail lines, buses, subways and trolleys, coupled with a 25 percent increase in fares phased in…
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News
- Sudan group expands presence beyond campus
- Pell Grant cuts to be covered by college
- Ville raises parking rates
- Philly second fattest city
- Swat students work to aid tsunami victims
- College awarded Kresge grant to fund Parrish renovations
- Housing tight for returning students
- They Might Be Giants to be large-scale event
Living & Arts
- Being the dreaded third wheel
- Philly rap scene: Head for the underground
- Ask yourself: What would Jesus wear?
- Ariana Afghani restaurant: Slow but delicious
- Music review: Bloom and Ozark Sheiks put art over mass appeal
- Searching for Z's
- Book review: Chaim Potok's 'Asher Lev' highlights the tensions between art and religion
- Editor's picks
Opinions
- Digest indigestion
- Unfair fees
- No dilemmas for men of honor
- Abstinence-only sexism
- A case for private intervention
- Once upon an election
- Swatties deserve a better name
- Saffran exemplified Swarthmore ideals
Sports
- Men bounced over break
- And the winner is...
- Garnet readies for playoff run
- Motherpuckers: no gore, but fun in store
- Invisible Teams
- Swat snow fun
- Garnet harriers set college records
- Swimming trains through Aruba rains
- Swarthmore sports by the numbers



