[1329] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: rush2002.mit.edu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Yardley)
Mon Aug 12 23:36:30 2002
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:13:53 -0400
From: Josh Yardley <yardley@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0208121433100.4685-100000@sub-zero.mit.edu>
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Wally,
While I can appreciate the frustration you have voiced in your
less-than-flattering critique of the Rush2002 recruitment website, I
question the effectiveness of your email in bringing about the changes
necessary to alleviate this frustration. Recruitment this year has been
and still is a huge undertaking, and many FSILG members have already
volunteered their time, effort, and expertise to do what they can to ensure
a successful rush. Believe it or not, there is still plenty of time and
many opportunities to help out the cause and, at the same time, have your
voice heard. If you're interested in improving the website so that it can
better serve all the students it represents, email the webmaster some of
your ideas. If you're interested in helping out with some other part of
recruitment whether it be with events during orientation, publicity efforts
prior to rush, or the official recruitment period itself, talk to your rush
chair or feel free to contact me personally. In a recruitment year as
critical to our system as this one, we need to cut back on the antagonizing
emails and spend more time coming up with creative solutions to help us all
transition successfully.
Good luck to all of you in your recruitment efforts this year.
Regards,
Josh Yardley
IFC Recruitment Chair
>heh. 'why waste your 4 years without experiencing all MIT has to offer?'
>
>is it really a selling point for these people that 85% of fortune 500
>execs are greek? presumably that means 'lived at frats' rather than 'have
>relatives in greece', yes? and 'breathtaking' is one word.
>
>i was, until recently, under the impression that i couldn't be less
>impressed by the mit fsilg system; i was wrong! the page manages to
>advertise *nothing* of what's truly unique about the housing system, and
>reads like yet another ad for 'first world' frats (not all 'filg's are
>'greek'). no matter! best foot forward, chaps, or whatever foot you have
>to hand.
>
>w.
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Wally,
While I can appreciate the frustration you have voiced in your
less-than-flattering critique of the Rush2002 recruitment website, I
question the effectiveness of your email in bringing about the changes
necessary to alleviate this frustration. Recruitment this year has
been and still is a huge undertaking, and many FSILG members have
already volunteered their time, effort, and expertise to do what they
can to ensure a successful rush. Believe it or not, there is still
plenty of time and many opportunities to help out the cause and, at the
same time, have your voice heard. If you're interested in improving
the website so that it can better serve all the students it represents,
email the webmaster some of your ideas. If you're interested in
helping out with some other part of recruitment whether it be with
events during orientation, publicity efforts prior to rush, or the
official recruitment period itself, talk to your rush chair or feel
free to contact me personally. In a recruitment year as critical to
our system as this one, we need to cut back on the antagonizing emails
and spend more time coming up with creative solutions to help us all
transition successfully.
Good luck to all of you in your recruitment efforts this year.
Regards,
Josh Yardley
IFC Recruitment Chair
>heh. 'why waste your 4 years without experiencing all MIT has to
offer?'
>
>is it really a selling point for these people that 85% of fortune 500
>execs are greek? presumably that means 'lived at frats' rather than
'have
>relatives in greece', yes? and 'breathtaking' is one word.
>
>i was, until recently, under the impression that i couldn't be less
>impressed by the mit fsilg system; i was wrong! the page manages to
>advertise *nothing* of what's truly unique about the housing system,
and
>reads like yet another ad for 'first world' frats (not all 'filg's are
>'greek'). no matter! best foot forward, chaps, or whatever foot you
have
>to hand.
>
>w.
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