[1704] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] Re: Bill Mural Survey
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derric Tay)
Thu Dec 15 01:01:51 2005
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:22:48 -0500
From: Derric Tay <derrict@mit.edu>
To: Estevan Martinez <tevin@mit.edu>
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Hi Milo (and everyone else),
I rarely spam a whole bunch of lists with anything, but I think this is
important enough that I should make note of it.
I believe the poll you have written (mit/tevin/www/mural.html) is
flawed, and that while you seem to intend this to be a (objective) poll
hoping to find the general opinion of MIT's student body on this issue,
the writing in your e-mail suggests very strongly that you are biased
against a removal of the mural.
While it is true that I (for now) do not support preservation of the
mural, and would personally prefer something like the setup shown in the
Tech's "photo" (if it can be called such)--glass windows, bright and
open atmosphere, and all,
1. Your poll should include at least the additional poll choice of a
full-size etching.
2. The content of your e-mail, with its obvious slant, may easily bias
or at least polarize readers, who will likely proceed immediately to
respond to your poll, likely leading to inaccurate and non-objective
results. (This -may- be your purpose, but that's a different story.) I
believe it would be better if a disinterested person--or at least a
person willing to be fairer at her/his approach--were to (sensibly)
design, conduct, and manage such an opinion poll.
Please direct any comments on this e-mail to me only, if possible, or
(preferably) to http://www.livejournal.com/community/mitmit/157533.html
by leaving a comment, so that this doesn't spawn a needless spammy
e-mail-based flame war. (I always said that MIT needs a good-quality
pan-MIT internet forum.) Thank you in advance.
~DT
Estevan Martinez wrote:
> Hello my fellow undergraduates,
>
> I am writing to you today to help conserve a piece of MIT history. As
> you may or may not know, the Dollar Bill Mural is scheduled to be
> replaced with a glass wall in the very near future to complete a new
> lounge space that is to be for socializing and relaxing. Please take 3
> seconds to click a button and fill out the survey.
>
> http://mit.edu/tevin/www/mural.html
>
> **feel free to forward to other lists to hopefully reach most undergrads.**
>
> For for information please keep reading:
> ~Estevan "Milo" Martinez
>
>
> ___________________
> The plans to this new space have not been kept private, but no final
> presentation of the plans for this lounge were ever presented to the
> student body for feedback. Please see
>
> http://www-tech.mit.edu/V125/PDF/N26.pdf
>
> for a idea of what current plans look like.
>
> As of this moment, there are no plans to preserve the actual dollar
> bill. There is an idea to have a smaller etching on one of the glass
> panels of the dollar bill and a bit of history. Also etched on the glass
> would be some text written by the class of 2005 as this is their class gift.
> An argument you should consider: Would you feel comfortable socializing
> while the traffic of the infinite was staring at you? Also, how much
> noise from the infinite will spill over into the lounge during peak
> hours when all you have between you is a sheet of glass? Lastly, do
> consider the lighting issue, glass will open the space up but is it
> necessary? Is there another way to make the room brighter?
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