[1388] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: "um = f" in umoc: donate to lobby 10
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Z Maze)
Fri Nov 15 11:50:13 2002
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:29:08 -0500
From: David Z Maze <dmaze@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <200211150344.WAA07114@quickstation-3.mit.edu> ("Jumaane A.
Jeffries"'s message of "Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:44:52 -0500")
"Jumaane A. Jeffries" <jajeff@MIT.EDU> writes:
> This week, I registered Freshman on Campus, or "UM = F" into the Ugliest
> Manifestation on Campus charity drive.
>
> I didn't do it to prove a point or anything. I did it because those
> acronyms (UMOC, FOC) are just so similar, and there's no way I'd
> pass up an opportunity like that.
So, um, not that I actually support the FoC decision or anything like
that. But back when *I* was a freshman, people actually (*gasp*) ran
for UMOC on the basis of their *own* ugliness. The Random Milk was
merely "old" rather than "ancient" and not yet a multiple-time winner
of the coveted prize. It was in 1996 that Steve Jens overcame
adversity and his humiliating loss and bought the UMOC crown, fair and
square.
There used to be things that weren't all about political decisions!
You know you're ugly! Get out there and show it! Real people for UMOC!
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David Maze dmaze@mit.edu http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/
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