[1379] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Petition about Dorm Rush
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James M Harvey)
Thu Nov 7 00:50:38 2002
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 00:39:55 -0500
From: James M Harvey <jmharvey@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Nov 2002 23:42:24 EST."
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While I agree that FSILG rush should be left intact, it makes sense to
have this petition concern dorm rush specifically. FOC was a decision
made at the highest levels of the MIT administration. Dorm rush was
eliminated because Orientation decided to increase the number of
academic and structured social events (e.g. orientation group
barrier-breaking) at the same time they shortened the length of
orientation week.
A petiton concerning FSILG rush would be less effective than one
concerning dorm rush because everyone knows that rush is vital to the
life of FSILGs. Many people do not realize that dorm rush is important
to the dorms; the purpose of this petition is to make people realize
that freshman residence selection is still vital to the MIT experience,
even in the FOC era.
James
> I think this is an incorrect response. All MIT students have been
> royally screwed, both those in dorms and those of us off-campus. We
> should help each other as best as we can. I am indeed not in full
> support of this petition. If the petition were modified to include
> FSILG rush or a sister petition went up alongside this one (asking for
> the same), I would be more than happy to sign. Both dorm and FSILG
> rush were hurt this year, and we must do something to reverse it. But
> we should work together to put forth a united proposal; "to each his
> own" will not help any particular group when it comes to this.
> I, for one, do not want to give up and just deal with it.
>
> -Juan
>
> ==============================
> On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 22:44:54 EST
> The illustrious =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dustin_Mu=F1iz?= <esper@MIT.EDU> declared
> To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
> On the subject of: Re: Petition about Dorm Rush
>
> > 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.=20
> >
> > I say that you guys learn to take it like we had to.=20
> > 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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