[941] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: campaign to reinstate hatch sterrett
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy H. Brown)
Mon Oct 8 07:22:51 2001
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 00:19:43 -0400
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<MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU>, "Jeremy H. Brown" <jhbrown@AI.MIT.EDU>
From: "Jeremy H. Brown" <jhbrown@AI.MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <200110080344.XAA08757@no-knife.mit.edu>
That makes me a lot happier, thanks.
Would any of the MIT admins on mit-talk care to comment (in general,
I'm sure you can't comment on the specific case) on the freedom of
speech or lack thereof afforded MIT employees on their off-time?
Jeremy
"Aram Harrow" <aram@mit.edu> writes:
> the name of the suspended MIT employee is Hatch Sterrett.
> we had avoided mentioning it until he had spoken to a lawyer, and just
> now heard that he had done so. here's an excerpt from his latest email:
>
> ----
> So I give my permission to reveal my name in your press release, website
> page, etc.
>
> I have received good supportive emails in response to our alerts from
> various students, including Harvard, etc. THANK YOU -=- that really, really
> feels good, I tell you!
> ----
>
> i feel as though our (meaning the students involved in the shell
> protest and in speaking out for hatch) efforts haven't been explained
> very well. for example, the web page refers to us in the third person
> "a group of concerned students," etc... let me lay out a few things.
>
> -our first priority is to get hatch reinstated.
>
> -the second priority is to raise a stink so that his example can
> never be used to intimidate any other MIT employee.
>
> -these priorities come straight from hatch. we meet with him daily
> and he reviews everything we post online. there will be a statement
> by him on the web page soon, but in the meantime he hasn't had as much
> time to spend in these email lists as under-occupied grad students
> like me.
>
> hopefully this will clear a few things up,
> aram
>
> so sign the petition dammit
> http://web.mit.edu/justice/www/petition.html
> ____________________________________________________________
> Aram Harrow : aram@mit.edu : web.mit.edu/aram : 617.271.8543
