[630] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: my opinion on dartmouth - brand names
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wally)
Sat May 12 18:41:54 2001
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 18:45:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Wally <wally@sub-zero.mit.edu>
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> which makes me wonder - why did harvard suffer all kinds of bad press
> over the living wage incidents the past month or so when caving in
> would have been less expensive in terms of publicity and in terms of
> money... any ideas?
Because everyone knows they're a bunch of spoiled rich kids living off
Daddy's trust fund and Mommy's connections on the City Council, so we
don't expect them to be reasonable. Everyone thinks MIT kids are too
caught up in work to do anything but problem sets; that's why it comes as
such a shock.
W.
