[1078] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: update..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rahul Sarathy)
Wed Mar 13 01:05:37 2002
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 00:52:58 -0500
From: Rahul Sarathy <rahul_s@MIT.EDU>
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i don't care about the election. that said, if i'm happier, doesn't that in
some way make the campus happier? and isn't happier better? so, if i wanted
$10 extra donated a year to the wildlife foundation, then doing so would
make me happy. and so, paying $10 a vote to ANY cause does indeed "benefit
students on this campus" as it raises the happiness of both the students
and the general campus.
i think it is time that the people who are currently and formerly in the UA
give up these quarrels and admit to a good, new campaign strategy provided
by Rhett, even if it isn't in the purest election spirits. So what if all
people from their president want is a quick buck (or a tax cut)? much more
important elections in US history have been decided on the same principles.
rahul
At 11:56 PM 3/12/2002, you wrote:
>it might be worth mentioning, as a former UA President, that the "Bush
>Fund," which has received much publicity over the past few days,
>cannot -- by any stretch -- be used to buy votes.
>
>the fund, while _originally_ designed to provide incentive to the UAP
>(given the time and energy it takes away from what most students do
>here -- study), it is now quite explicitly used at the discretion of
>the UAP for things either that make doing the job of UAP easier or
>that are used to benefit students on this campus.
>
>typical uses over the past few years included supporting student
>activities and events that needed emergency cash, purchasing office
>supplies for the UA office, and helping to sponsor charity events.
>
>this is just what parliamentarians call a "point of information" --
>whomever you vote for, vote your conscience -- ask about the issues,
>pose challenging questions, and think about who you want to speak for
>undergrads during the many changes that will happen on campus next
>year.
>
>--**peter
>
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>Peter A Shulman '01
>Ph.D. Student, History and Social
> Study of Science and Technology
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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