[305] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: last evening
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nnennia Ejebe)
Sat Apr 28 20:27:37 2001
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 20:26:09 -0400
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From: Nnennia Ejebe <nnennia@MIT.EDU>
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I am SO sick and tired of ATO.
When you search "ATO" on MIT's homepage, your results are "dorms to house KS,
ATO over rush", "alcohol banned at ATO following IFC hearing", "ATO
responds to
community pressure", "ATO party results in alcohol citations". What, if
any,
positive contributions has this frat made to our MIT community. The incident
yesterday could have gone INCREDIBLY wrong, could have posed a SERIOUS public
relations problem for MIT, and may have LEGAL ramifications which are yet
to be
determined. ATO is a loose cannon and a HUGE liability to MIT, and the
administration needs to seriously examine how much of this BS they can put up
with.
Nnennia
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At 07:32 PM 4/28/01 -0400, Robert M. Randolph wrote:
>
> President Vest has asked that I post this to this list on his behalf:
>
> April 28, 2001
>
>
> Yesterday an ugly and totally inexcusable incident occurred on our campus.
> It both angers and saddens me, and it will not be tolerated.
>
> Totally offensive racial epithets were reliably reported to have been
shouted
> at visitors to our campus from the roof of the Alpha Tau Omega house on
> Amherst Alley. A serious incident of physical scuffling followed.
> Professional work by our campus police as well as intervention by others
> prevented this from becoming an even more damaging matter.
>
> Our community draws strength and joy from its diversity in many dimensions,
> including that of race. But mean-spirited behavior such as that which
> precipitated this incident can invade our collective soul and destroy our
> ability to pursue our mission of learning, growth and leadership. No one at
> MIT, and certainly no one visiting us, should ever be subjected to such
> virulent and thoughtless abuse.
>
> Race in America remains a troubling matter, but we look to the leadership
and
> good will of talented young men and women who are privileged to be part of
> great institutions like MIT to move us beyond this and improve our world.
It
> therefore is doubly disturbing that such behavior would occur among us. We
> must be a place of tolerance and community.
>
> MIT's administrative, faculty and student governance systems will deal
> swiftly and fairly with those responsible for this event. But we all must
> move equally swiftly to pull together, to learn the lessons of this matter,
> and to work together in mutual respect and common purpose to live up to our
> potential as friends, colleagues and leaders.
>
> --Charles M. Vest
>
> ------------------
> Dr.Robert M. Randolph
> Sr. Associate Dean
> Office of the Dean of Students and Undergraduate Education
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Bldg. 4-110
> 77 Massachusetts Avenue
> Cambridge, MA 02139
>
> voice: (617) 253-4052
> fax: (617) 258-0799
>
> Housemaster: Bexley Hall
> (617-225-8160)
>
>
>
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I am SO sick and tired of ATO. <br>
When you search "ATO" on MIT's homepage, your results are
"dorms to house KS, ATO over rush", "alcohol banned at ATO
following IFC hearing", "ATO responds to community
pressure", "ATO party results in alcohol
citations". What, if any, positive contributions has
this frat made to our MIT community. The incident yesterday could
have gone INCREDIBLY wrong, could have posed a SERIOUS public relations
problem for MIT, and may have LEGAL ramifications which are yet to be
determined. ATO is a loose cannon and a HUGE liability to MIT, and
the administration needs to seriously examine how much of this BS they
can put up with.<br>
<br>
Nnennia<br>
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At 07:32 PM 4/28/01 -0400, Robert M. Randolph wrote: <br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>President Vest has asked that I post this to
this list on his behalf: <br>
<br>
<font face="Times, Times" size=5>April 28, 2001 <br>
<br>
<br>
Yesterday an ugly and totally inexcusable incident occurred on our
campus. It both angers and saddens me, and it will not be
tolerated. <br>
<br>
Totally offensive racial epithets were reliably reported to have been
shouted at visitors to our campus from the roof of the Alpha Tau Omega
house on Amherst Alley. A serious incident of physical scuffling
followed. Professional work by our campus police as well as
intervention by others prevented this from becoming an even more damaging
matter. <br>
<br>
Our community draws strength and joy from its diversity in many
dimensions, including that of race. But mean-spirited behavior such
as that which precipitated this incident can invade our collective soul
and destroy our ability to pursue our mission of learning, growth and
leadership. No one at MIT, and certainly no one visiting us, should
ever be subjected to such virulent and thoughtless abuse. <br>
<br>
Race in America remains a troubling matter, but we look to the leadership
and good will of talented young men and women who are privileged to be
part of great institutions like MIT to move us beyond this and improve
our world. It therefore is doubly disturbing that such behavior
would occur among us. We must be a place of tolerance and
community. <br>
<br>
MIT's administrative, faculty and student governance systems will deal
swiftly and fairly with those responsible for this event. But we
all must move equally swiftly to pull together, to learn the lessons of
this matter, and to work together in mutual respect and common purpose to
live up to our potential as friends, colleagues and leaders. <br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>--Charles
M. Vest <br>
</font><br>
<font size=3>------------------ <br>
Dr.Robert M. Randolph <br>
Sr. Associate Dean <br>
Office of the Dean of Students and Undergraduate Education <br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology <br>
Bldg. 4-110 <br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue <br>
Cambridge, MA 02139 <br>
<br>
voice: (617) 253-4052 <br>
fax: (617) 258-0799 <br>
<br>
Housemaster: Bexley Hall <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>(617-225-8160)
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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