[1116] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: This is my price.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (knz@MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 13 14:20:35 2002
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:20:14 -0500
From: knz@MIT.EDU
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <200203131644.LAA21236@melbourne-city-street.mit.edu>
Sara, dear, it's not that I haven't noticed, it's that I'm making a diffe=
rent=20
point.
Quoting Sara Bissonnette <sarabiz@MIT.EDU>:
> Okay, I usually just read these talk emails and don't reply, but even I
> have had enough. I didn't actually vote for Rhett, but now I wish I di=
d,
> because then at least my vote would be making a statement. I'd be sayi=
ng
> how I don't think the UA represents me, and I certainly don't see any
> progress. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right. In case you didn't notice
> (and from your sarcastic emails, Kelly, it seems that you haven't), but
> that's not the issue here: the issue is that a large portion of the stu=
dent
> body doesn't see anything the UA president does, even students who are
> "involved." This is what you should be concerned with, and NOT attacki=
ng
> other students.
> -Sara
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> At 11:29 AM 3/13/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Awww, Dustin, still bitter about losing your own election back then?
> >
> >Being one of the UA insiders at the time, I have to say that it's an=20
> >interesting interpretation you chose to use-- that we didn't care? We=20
> >looked at all sorts of different possibilities, to see how it could, i=
n any
>=20
> >way benefit the students. Which is how the elevator came up. When we c=
ame=20
> >to the conclusion that it would not, in fact benefit the students to a=
llow
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> >TEAL in the Student Center, we went against it. And that was a conclus=
ion=20
> >that we could make, having considered more than one side.
> >
> >What we can't see obviously can't exist, right? Try thinking about the=
fact
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> >that you CAN'T see everything that goes on, and get over the idea that=
the
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> >UA has done nothing for you.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Kelly ;)
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Sara Bissonnette
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> MIT Class of 2004
> Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
> sarabiz@mit.edu=20
> Next House 241
> Home: 617-225-8741 | Cell: 508-843-5777
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> "People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the=
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> sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is reveale=
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> only if there is a light from within." ~ Elizabeth K=FCbler-Ross=20
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