[247] in UA Exec
Summer Housing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ashley Nash)
Thu Feb 25 18:22:24 2010
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:22:19 -0500
From: Ashley Nash <ashnash@MIT.EDU>
To: ua-exec@mit.edu, UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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Do we have any time line for when they will decide and when they will
announce which dorms will be open for summer and which ones will be closed?
If not, is there anything we can do to try to encourage them to keep more
dorms open, or at least let the dorm residents stick together wherever they
end up?
Senior House has a culture that thrives all year round, and we use the
summer to host barbecues in the courtyard and repaint our rooms. We like
watching the fireworks from the courtyard on the 4th of July, and we don't
want to move, especially to a place where we can't smoke cigarettes. Have
they thought about the ramifications of moving a bunch of smokers into a
non-smoking dorm (which is most of the dorms on campus)?
Also, have they considered leaving all (or at least most) of the dorms open
and renting out a portion of each house, like the 1st or the 1st and 2nd
floors. We rent out a floor of our house every year anyway, and I want to
know if all of the dorms have been doing this, and if not, could we try it?
A lot of my residents are concerned about whether or not they will be able
to live in Senior House for the summer. They are concerned that if Senior
House is rented out, that the administration will try to stop Senior House
from painting murals, which is what they did when Senior House was renovated
in 1996. They are afraid that the administration will cater to the summer
tenants and not the residents.
We are fine with sharing our house with tenants. They usually stay out all
day and use Senior House to sleep and do laundry. We just don't want to be
replaced by them.
Ashley Nash
Senator of Senior House
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Do we have any time line for when they will decide and when they will annou=
nce which dorms will be open for summer and which ones will be closed?=A0 <=
br><br>If not, is there anything we can do to try to encourage them to keep=
more dorms open, or at least let the dorm residents stick together whereve=
r they end up?=A0 <br>
<br>Senior House has a culture that thrives all year round, and we use the =
summer to host barbecues in the courtyard and repaint our rooms.=A0 We like=
watching the fireworks from the courtyard on the 4th of July, and we don&#=
39;t want to move, especially to a place where we can't smoke cigarette=
s.=A0 Have they thought about the ramifications of moving a bunch of smoker=
s into a non-smoking dorm (which is most of the dorms on campus)?=A0 <br>
<br>Also, have they considered leaving all (or at least most) of the dorms =
open and renting out a portion of each house, like the 1st or the 1st and 2=
nd floors.=A0 We rent out a floor of our house every year anyway, and I wan=
t to know if all of the dorms have been doing this, and if not, could we tr=
y it?<br>
<br>A lot of my residents are concerned about whether or not they will be a=
ble to live in Senior House for the summer.=A0 They are concerned that if S=
enior House is rented out, that the administration will try to stop Senior =
House from painting murals, which is what they did when Senior House was re=
novated in 1996.=A0 They are afraid that the administration will cater to t=
he summer tenants and not the residents.=A0 <br>
<br>We are fine with sharing our house with tenants.=A0 They usually stay o=
ut all day and use Senior House to sleep and do laundry.=A0 We just don'=
;t want to be replaced by them.<br><br>Ashley Nash<br>Senator of Senior Hou=
se<br>
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