[905] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Maintaining Pressure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jessica Mary Donnelly)
Thu Oct 4 17:59:31 2001
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<MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU>, Jessica Mary Donnelly <ruadh@MIT.EDU>
From: Jessica Mary Donnelly <ruadh@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
I can't see any reason why they _wouldn't_ withhold non-payers' diplomas. They
are legally entitled to do so, and they have in the past.
I think you'd have a hard time considering any sizeable number of seniors who
fully understand what they'd be putting on the line to go along with this.
I'm not saying that action shouldn't be taken. I'm just saying that anything
we do that puts the participants in the position of having SO MUCH MORE to lose
than the admins do isn't going to work. You're just not going to get enough
participation. Sure, maybe you'll get a few who are really honestly willing to
risk their job / gradschool admission and screw their credit rating, but the
majority of what you'll get (if you get any at all) will be those who don't
understand, and are just blindly following the crowd. And what administrator
is going to respect that?
Jessica
Josh Korn wrote:
> >> (1) not comply,
> >
> >Furthermore, for graduating seniors, an outstanding charge on their
> >MIT bill may lead to problems with receiving a diploma.
>
> I someone doubt MIT will refuse to give a diploma to half the senior class.
> And yes, I think you could convince half a class to not pay.
> My point remains that one needs to take risks to have a payoff.
> --Josh
