[1285] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
The stolen beaver paws
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Champy)
Fri Apr 12 01:43:30 2002
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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 00:22:53 -0400
From: Adam Champy <aschampy@MIT.EDU>
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As a member of the class of 2004, I find it very interesting that any part
of ringcomm's money should be spent on replacing the lost beaver paws. From
what I read last week in the tech and in email, it seems that Amal and his
friends, many of whom seem to be from other classes, went over to harvard
with a costume rented by the ringcomm and did something stupid which
doesn't seem cleaver enough to be a hack, and they ended up losing a
valuable item. It doesn't matter if someone stole it or if they just lost
it, when they left campus to go over to harvard, they took the
responsibility upon themselves for the beaver suit.
Now, to bring me back to my main point - the 2004 ringcomm should not be
paying for this. I applaud the fact that Amal decided to try to collect the
650 dollars on his own, but I find it wrong that in the case he will not be
able to find 650, the money will come from that which should be spent on
our ring delivery. That is money spent by the class of 2004 and from
general institute funds, and it should go to the class of 2004. If someone
had asked the entire class at the ring premiere "should I go over to
harvard tonight with the beaver costume and hump john harvard's statue?", I
can almost guarantee the answer would be a laughing no. The 2004 ringcomm
money should not be spent on such a blatant disregard for personal
responsibility to the class, and it seems wrong that it should be a
fall-back for those who appear to lose nothing from their own failed actions.
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