[1375] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Petition about Dorm Rush
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Champy)
Wed Nov 6 23:24:11 2002
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:59:14 -0500
From: Adam Champy <aschampy@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <005b01c28610$092e4060$4300cd12@geminisol>
While I may agree with your premise for saying that you felt no sympathy=20
from the dorm people when frat rush was being changed, frat rush still at=20
least exists. While it may be at a different time of the year, and it may=20
have stemmed from a legal settlement with which I still disagree, freshmen=
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do have the opportunity to come to campus, see the frats and ILG's and then=
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decide with whom they would like to live. Dorm rush now consists of a CDROM=
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and an inconsequential re-done lottery after the first few days of=20
orientation. How the hell can a prospective student really get an idea that=
=20
places like east campus and simmons each have their own character from=20
simply watching videos on a cdrom? I don't like the fact that frat rush was=
=20
changed and I think that freshmen should be able to live in frats, but at=20
least frats still have rush.
Adam Champy
aschampy@mit.edu
At 10:44 PM 11/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Why?
>
>Not to be absurd or anything, but we didn't have any help from people in
>dorms when OUR Rush was being screwed with.
>
>I say that you guys learn to take it like we had to.
>Welcome to MIT.
>
>Dustin Mu=F1iz
>esper@mit.edu
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Talk about MIT, for MIT, by MIT. [mailto:MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU] On
>Behalf Of Grace Rose Kessenich
>Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:58 PM
>To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
>Subject: Petition about Dorm Rush
>
>In an effort to show that Dorm Rush is valuble to freshmen and
>upperclassmen,
>DormCon has drafted the following petition. It should be at every dorm
>desk
>and more can be printed from:
>http://web.mit.edu/dormcon/www/petition.pdf
>
>FSILG members are welcome and encouraged to sign it. Students living in
>a dorm
>and belonging to an FSILG should put down both living groups in the
>Living
>Group(s) space.
>
>The text of the petition is:
>
>We the undersigned feel that dormitory rush is a valuable experience for
>freshmen and upperclassmen alike. Freshmen get to know campus, learn
>about the
>diverse dorm cultures to help in choosing where they would be happiest
>living
>their first year and beyond, and meet new people -- both fellow freshmen
>and
>upperclassmen. Upperclassmen use the time to encourage community both
>within
>the dorm and across campus, and meet freshmen who will live in all
>dorms. For
>these reasons, we feel that this campus wide community event should be
>brought
>back as an uninterrupted multiday event prior to the closing of the
>Orientation
>Lottery.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Grace
>
>
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