[319] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Fwd: Re: The ATO incident
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nnennia Ejebe)
Sun Apr 29 14:52:20 2001
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From: Nnennia Ejebe <nnennia@MIT.EDU>
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Hey all,
I'm just sending out this message I got from Peter Shulman, our UA president.
Sorry if you have received this twice.
Nnennia
PS- Peter did not bold "alleged", but I did, for emphasis.
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>>To: "Pius A. Uzamere II" <pius@MIT.EDU>
>>cc: nnennia@MIT.EDU
>>Subject: Re: The ATO incident
>>Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 12:51:50 -0400
>>From: Peter A Shulman <skip@MIT.EDU>
>>
>>
>>Pius,
>>
>>Thanks for your letter -- this topic actually consumed almost the
>>entirety of my Saturday, so I'm pretty up-to-date on what happened and
>>what's going on.
>>
>>As for what we in the UA need to do, I'm going to be frank and say we
>>need to decide that together: I was very close to sending out a letter
>>yesterday afternoon, but thought it might be better to have some time
>>for people to cool off a bit. The drawback was that people would not
>>hear about what happened or what's been done about it. Chuck's letter
>>took some of that pressure off but the bulk of the healing will have to
>>be on our shoulders.
>>
>>As to what happened, the bare bones is that two members of the roots
>>were getting out of a car on Amherst Alley in front of ATO when they
>>heard racial slurs directed at them from the roof. They entered the
>>house, and made it up to the roof, and confronted the people up there.
>>Somehow, a physical altercation ensued, though no one needed to go to
>>the hospital, and no weapons were involved.
>>
>>The band members left the scene, then returned, and someone called
>>911. The Cambridge Police showed up, as did the CPs, and secured the
>>scene.
>>
>>The Dean-on-Call at the time was Carol Orme-Johnson, who handled the
>>admin end of things, and yesterday Steve Immerman handled ATO, and
>>Dean Bob Randolph everything else. Larry Benedict, Larry Bacow, and
>>Chuck Vest were all continually appraised of the situation.
>>
>>As for the fate of ATO, please keep in mind that until formal reviews
>>are held, everything I've written above is only alleged, but police
>>(Cambridge) took a full report of what happened, and this will be
>>passed on to the Cambridge Licensing Commission. How handling of the
>>incident is being divided between them, the police, and the
>>administration is not clear at this point, but I would prefer not to
>>speculate as to what might happen. I can assure you, however, that
>>this is being treated *very* seriously by everyone -- that this
>>happened is shamefull to the Institute.
>>
>>Today at 4:00, there is a small meeting with various participants and
>>members of the community that I will be attending to see where we
>>stand now. I will definitely also attend the Wednesday meeting --
>>thank you for the invitation.
>>
>>I think it incumbent upon us all to recognize that race issues are all
>>but settled in this country and on this campus, very saddly. But we
>>face the challenge of using this incident to educate rather than
>>polarize the community. That students, both of minority and majority
>>backgrounds, are hurt, offended, and angry about this incident is
>>understandable -- but we need to address this in a constructive, and
>>not destructive manner.
>>
>>Let's be in touch to figure out where to go from here. Please feel
>>free to share this with others who have asked the same questions you
>>have.
>>
>>--**Peter
>>
>>----
>>
>>Peter A Shulman
>>President, MIT's Undergraduate Association
>>
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Hey all,<br>
I'm just sending out this message I got from Peter Shulman, our UA
president. Sorry if you have received this twice.<br>
<br>
Nnennia<br>
PS- Peter did not bold "<b>alleged</b>", but I did, for
emphasis.<br>
<br>
<br>
><br>
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>>To: "Pius A. Uzamere II" <pius@MIT.EDU><br>
>>cc: nnennia@MIT.EDU<br>
>>Subject: Re: The ATO incident<br>
>>Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 12:51:50 -0400<br>
>>From: Peter A Shulman <skip@MIT.EDU><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>Pius,<br>
>><br>
>>Thanks for your letter -- this topic actually consumed almost
the<br>
>>entirety of my Saturday, so I'm pretty up-to-date on what
happened and<br>
>>what's going on.<br>
>><br>
>>As for what we in the UA need to do, I'm going to be frank and
say we<br>
>>need to decide that together: I was very close to sending out a
letter<br>
>>yesterday afternoon, but thought it might be better to have some
time<br>
>>for people to cool off a bit. The drawback was that people
would not<br>
>>hear about what happened or what's been done about it.
Chuck's letter<br>
>>took some of that pressure off but the bulk of the healing will
have to<br>
>>be on our shoulders.<br>
>><br>
>>As to what happened, the bare bones is that two members of the
roots<br>
>>were getting out of a car on Amherst Alley in front of ATO when
they<br>
>>heard racial slurs directed at them from the roof. They
entered the<br>
>>house, and made it up to the roof, and confronted the people up
there.<br>
>>Somehow, a physical altercation ensued, though no one needed to
go to<br>
>>the hospital, and no weapons were involved.<br>
>><br>
>>The band members left the scene, then returned, and someone
called<br>
>>911. The Cambridge Police showed up, as did the CPs, and
secured the<br>
>>scene.<br>
>><br>
>>The Dean-on-Call at the time was Carol Orme-Johnson, who handled
the<br>
>>admin end of things, and yesterday Steve Immerman handled ATO,
and<br>
>>Dean Bob Randolph everything else. Larry Benedict, Larry
Bacow, and<br>
>>Chuck Vest were all continually appraised of the situation.<br>
>><br>
>>As for the fate of ATO, please keep in mind that until formal
reviews<br>
>>are held, everything I've written above is only <b>alleged</b>,
but police<br>
>>(Cambridge) took a full report of what happened, and this will
be<br>
>>passed on to the Cambridge Licensing Commission. How
handling of the<br>
>>incident is being divided between them, the police, and the<br>
>>administration is not clear at this point, but I would prefer not
to<br>
>>speculate as to what might happen. I can assure you,
however, that<br>
>>this is being treated *very* seriously by everyone -- that
this<br>
>>happened is shamefull to the Institute.<br>
>><br>
>>Today at 4:00, there is a small meeting with various participants
and<br>
>>members of the community that I will be attending to see where
we<br>
>>stand now. I will definitely also attend the Wednesday
meeting --<br>
>>thank you for the invitation.<br>
>><br>
>>I think it incumbent upon us all to recognize that race issues
are all<br>
>>but settled in this country and on this campus, very
saddly. But we<br>
>>face the challenge of using this incident to educate rather
than<br>
>>polarize the community. That students, both of minority and
majority<br>
>>backgrounds, are hurt, offended, and angry about this incident
is<br>
>>understandable -- but we need to address this in a constructive,
and<br>
>>not destructive manner.<br>
>><br>
>>Let's be in touch to figure out where to go from here.
Please feel<br>
>>free to share this with others who have asked the same questions
you<br>
>>have.<br>
>><br>
>>--**Peter<br>
>><br>
>>----<br>
>><br>
>>Peter A Shulman<br>
>>President, MIT's Undergraduate Association<br>
>> <br>
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