[1447] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: A new ballgame at MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Brelinsky)
Tue Sep 16 00:18:16 2003
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:52:48 -0400
From: Ian Brelinsky <ianb@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.55L.0309152231360.7094@department-of-alchemy.mit.edu>
Nah, Jeff... Keep it up. I seriously value the conversations we have =
about
the state of the institute. It's like reading a not-too-ancient history
book... it helps one gain perspective on the present.
To answer your question about why you care about this stuff... MIT is in
your history and you were part of MIT's history - this is not only MIT's
reputation on the line, but yours as well. Plus, you can still give =
back to
this place and believe it or not, we value what you have to give. Thank =
you
for everything did and continue to do for us.
So... Get a job & stop being a poseur. And... Keep coming over to =
Simmons
to visit once in a while... but yeah... focus on your future too a =
bit.
Not to sound too slap-you-back-into-shape-ish,
-- Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: Talk about MIT, for MIT, by MIT. [mailto:MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU] On =
Behalf
Of Jeff Roberts
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 10:41 PM
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: A new ballgame at MIT
Welcome back, Victoria!
I think the time has finally come to change the name of this list to
crusty-talk@mit.edu. Seriously. Why do we all still care about this
shit? It's not like alums at other schools still yammer on years after
they graduate about what's best for their undergrads.
Jeff Roberts
UA-poseur type
Jobless
P.S. Victoria, you need to come check out the new all-MIT-affiliates =
house
I'm living in in Cambridgeport. Yeah, we've started another one.
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Victoria K Anderson wrote:
> Actually, I figured it out. Given that students must spend some of =
their
> time on non-academic pursuits, MIT wants these pursuits to be =
moderately
> productive. In other words, they want more students who spend their
non-tooling
> time in things like sports than students who spend their non-tooling =
time
> writing long-winded emails to discussion lists and stalking people =
over
> zephyr. If it is possible that the academic capabilities of the two =
groups
> are roughly comperable, and I think that they probably are, of course =
they
> want more athletes.
>
> Damnit, there goes the promise that "even though I'm a student again, =
I
> don't care about ANYTHING."
>
> -Victoria
>
>
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