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Consultant for two days t possibility of students, sited Rice st week to discuss the campus card with the : administration. Such an "all-campus" card could include numerous possibilities in the areas of retail and food services and improved security. By consolidating these areas, students could charge food, books, vending machine items, stadium concessions, copies and various other personal expenses to a personal debit account. Such charges would be deducted from funds previously deposited in a university account. This account could also include ATM access and long distance service. An all-campus card would eliminate the need for students to obtain a library bar code. Security could also be monitored for parking areas. At an open meeting with students on Wednesday evening, Huber said that the all-campus card would improve the lives of Rice students, faculty and administration by providing the convience of access to many services with one card. "The concept is to use one card ... virtually everywhere on campus," Huber said. Huber, who had previously developed card plans for Duke and Harvard universities among others, met with various departments to discuss the potential applications for such a card system at Rice. Following those consultations, Huber reported his findings to the administration regarding practical possibilities of an extended card system for the university. In order to make the development of such a card program most efficient and beneficial to the Rice community, Huber stressed that the support of administration and all departments would be necessary. "I haven't seen anything yet that would tell me that Rice isn't ready," Huber said. "A lot of departments are going to have to change how they do business. You've got to have the administrative support." A committee including Vice President for Student Affairs Zenaido Camancho, Vice President for Finance and Administration Dean Currie and Vice President for Investments and Treasurer Scott Wise met Thursday afternoon to make a pre liminary decision as to whether the idea of an all-campus card will be pursued. Included in their deliberations was the cost of the project, estimated at anywhere between $50,000 and $1 million and the hiring of Robert Huber Associates. Pending the decision of the committee, the project could take from 18 to 24 months to implement. At our expense