[8] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
re: LIVING WAGE SIT-IN AT HARVARD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jimmy_B,MajMoola,MechWarrior,etc._)
Thu Apr 19 11:23:05 2001
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To: mit-talk@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 05:20:57 EDT
From: "Jimmy_B,MajMoola,MechWarrior,etc._Chien-ta Wu" <jimmbswu@MIT.EDU>
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On the topic of the appropriateness of this thread:
Certainly, it started out on a topic very unrelated to MIT: Hahvahd. Then, the
discussion evolved into "MIT students suck/don't suck", which is an excellent
topic for this forum. The lesson here is that, no matter how off-topic
something may seem, it just might evolve into something of interest.
Of course, it evolved into this discussion precisely because some people were
saying it was inappropriate for this list. How's that for a paradox? :-)
On the topic of student activism at MIT:
Student activism is a perennial problem at MIT. Being the first "Organization
Kids", MIT students have always been more interested in completing their
education than involving themselves with civic duties such as volunteering.
Therefore, we have many student activities, but "activist" activities draw few
people in general, undergrads in particular.
While it would be nice to see an MIT where students would actually get
galvanized for things, it would require sacrificing many things we hold dear
about MIT: its diversity of interests, its dedication to academic excellence,
its Nerd Pride(tm), just to name a few. Then, we'd simply be another nameless
university.
Time to stop punting,
B, crackpot and defender of the status quo
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