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University cracks down on U-Pass resale K ELSEY A MOS News Editor
University officials issued a warning on on Sept. 15 against the resale or transfer of U-Pass stickers. The announcement came after several instances of students selling their U-Passes on Craigslist were noticed
b y the Ticket, Information & ID Office. “What we want is for students to know that those who are issued the mandatory UH U-Pass, it’s issued to them. So it’s not for them to sell it or for them to give it to their friends. It has to remain on their ID,” said Sarah Yap, director of Student Union and Campus Life Services. Yap
and her associates began investigating the Craigslist postings by
responding as if they were interested in purchasing U-Passes, then confronting students when they met up to make the sale. The U-Passes were being advertised for between $100 and $120. “This is such a minor thing
in some ways – people don’t think it’s a problem, people don’t feel bad about doing it. It’s not really a criminal act ... it’s an abuse of a privilege,” said Captain Donald Dawson of Campus Security. “What it is, is the university has negotiated a contract with the bus company,
and not for resale, and shall be forfeited and confiscated if misused or presented for transportation by any person other than the person to whom it was issued.” Dawson speculated that students might feel entitled to sell their U-Passes because of a sense of
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an essay. Yap added that it could also affect the perpetrator’s status as a student, depending on what other offenses a student might have committed. In addition, “names [of students who sell U-passes] are forwarded to the bus company, and it’s up to the bus company to see if they will prosecute,” said Yap. “The
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with the city, to say ‘okay, all students who are in Mānoa who are charged this transportation fee, which is $20, will be issued a semester bus pass,’” explained Yap. She quoted the contract as saying, “The U-Pass is not transferable
SPORTS counterfeit parking passes.” On the consequences of this abuse, Dawson explained that reselling a U-Pass is a student conduct code violation, which could lead to punishments like probation, community service or writing
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bottom line is ... if the abuse continues, the bus company will probably withdraw ... it could put the deal in jeopardy,” said NIK SEU / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I Dawson.
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