[248] in UA Exec
Re: Summer Housing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hawkins)
Thu Feb 25 19:44:58 2010
Reply-To: hwkns@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <2a9ffd211002251522r61c926c5x33fd26118382e918@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:44:54 -0500
From: Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@MIT.EDU>
To: Ashley Nash <ashnash@mit.edu>
Cc: ua-exec@mit.edu, UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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Don't quote me on this, because I absolutely don't have the authoritative
answer to your question. But, based on what I've observed so far...
Senior House is not going to be rented out for the summer. Imagine you're
the administration, and some corporation tells you they'll give you $1
million to rent an entire dorm for the summer. (they're going to want
everyone in one place, so no, if they want 300 rooms it's not really
practical to rent out a portion of each house) Are you going to put them in
Senior House, which has been smoked in, has offensive things painted
everywhere, and has a strong dorm culture that would cause a lot of headache
to disrupt? Or are you going to put them in Simmons, which is relatively
new, non-smoking, and has no dorm culture so there's nothing to disrupt?
I'm not sure how many dorms they're thinking about renting out, but of the
available options, I'm going to go ahead and assume that SH is near the
bottom of the list.
Also, everything I've heard/read up to this point has indicated that
students will be able to block, or stick together, wherever they end up.
-hwkns
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Ashley Nash <ashnash@mit.edu> wrote:
> 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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Don't quote me on this, because I absolutely don't have the authori=
tative answer to your question.=A0 But, based on what I've observed so =
far...<br><br>Senior House is not going to be rented out for the summer.=A0=
Imagine you're the administration, and some corporation tells you they=
'll give you $1 million to rent an entire dorm for the summer. (they=
9;re going to want everyone in one place, so no, if they want 300 rooms it&=
#39;s not really practical to rent out a portion of each house)=A0 Are you =
going to put them in Senior House, which has been smoked in, has offensive =
things painted everywhere, and has a strong dorm culture that would cause a=
lot of headache to disrupt?=A0 Or are you going to put them in Simmons, wh=
ich is relatively new, non-smoking, and has no dorm culture so there's =
nothing to disrupt?=A0 I'm not sure how many dorms they're thinking=
about renting out, but of the available options, I'm going to go ahead=
and assume that SH is near the bottom of the list.<br>
<br>Also, everything I've heard/read up to this point has indicated tha=
t students will be able to block, or stick together, wherever they end up.<=
br><br>-hwkns<br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at=
6:22 PM, Ashley Nash <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ashnash@mit.e=
du">ashnash@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Do we have any ti=
me line for when they will decide and when they will announce which dorms w=
ill 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 mo=
re dorms open, or at least let the dorm residents stick together wherever t=
hey 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><font color=3D"#888888"><br>Ashley Nash<=
br>
Senator of Senior House<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>
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