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Fwd: Proposal to allow FSILG housing of second semester freshmen.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Stumbaugh)
Sat Jan 2 13:39:59 2010
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:39:53 -0700
From: Tim Stumbaugh <stum@MIT.EDU>
To: UA Discuss <ua-discuss@mit.edu>, Brian Neltner <neltnerb@mit.edu>
This has been floating around the dorm lists, so I thought I'd bring it up here.
My thoughts on this are that while it is a good idea, it doesn't really address the issue of
crowding since freshmen will still live on campus their first semester. MIT will probably not go
back to freshmen being allowed to live in FSILGs first semester for a /very/ long time, if ever, but
I think that this is a good thing, since it's important for freshmen to have a community outside of
an FSILG.
This ... sort of happens already, just unofficially (and with an empty/underoccupied room as the
result).
UA types (including Senate members), what are your thoughts on this?
Brian, have you talked with the FSILG office/other members of RLA, the AILG or IFC/Panhel/LGC about
this?
[For full disclosure, Brian was a member of TEP while an undergraduate]
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Proposal to allow FSILG housing of second semester freshmen.
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:14:50 -0500
From: Brian Neltner <neltnerb@MIT.EDU>
To: bc-talk@mit.edu
Dear Burton Conner Residents,
A group of alumni has put together a proposal to ask MIT to allow
second-semester freshmen to live in FSILGs (Fraternities, Sororities,
and Independent Living Groups). I know that to many of you this will
feel irrelevant to your lives, but it *does* affect dorm residents.
The full proposal can be found at:
http://fsilg-housing.org/
MIT is considering increasing enrollment, which will unquestionably
result in overcrowding (even more than is currently in place). By
allowing freshmen to live in FSILGs, MIT can increase enrollment without
increasing crowding -- and overcrowding negatively effects the quality
of life of anyone in a dorm.
From a more philosophical point of view, it's not very reasonable for
freshmen -- adults -- to be prevented from living with their support
community. I'm sure many of you understand how difficult the first
semester on grades is, and understand how awful it would be/is to be
going through that without being able to live with your emotional and
social support community, whether that community is a particular suite,
a dorm hall, a fraternity, sorority, an ILG, or even an apartment.
With that in mind, I hope that you will consider signing this proposal,
as well as forwarding it to your alumni list, if you have one, or invite
your friends on facebook to join our advocacy group "Allow FSILGs to
house second-semester freshmen."
The proposal can be found at:
http://fsilg-housing.org/
Thank you for your time, and I hope everyone has a wonderful IAP!
Brian Neltner
Class of 2005 -- Course 3 and 8
Current PhD -- Course 3
--
-Tim
"It's a picture of perfection."
