[250] in UA Exec
Re: Summer Housing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Austen McRae)
Thu Feb 25 20:26:16 2010
In-Reply-To: <9d4f87ed1002251644h796531e9t33090122906ce2d9@mail.gmail.com>
From: Austen McRae <amcrae@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:25:52 -0500
To: hwkns@mit.edu
Cc: Ashley Nash <ashnash@mit.edu>, ua-exec@mit.edu,
UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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"Simmons, which ... has no culture..."
Yeah, thats what they want you to think. But really....
0,o
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On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@mit.edu> wrote:
> 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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"Simmons, which ... has no culture..."<br><br>Yeah, thats what th=
ey want you to think.=A0 But really....<br><br>0,o<br>=A0O<br>=A0<br><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Daniel Hawkins <s=
pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:hwkns@mit.edu">hwkns@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;">Don't quote m=
e on this, because I absolutely don't have the authoritative 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 y=
ou're the administration, and some corporation tells you they'll gi=
ve 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)=A0 Are you going to p=
ut them in Senior House, which has been smoked in, has offensive things pai=
nted everywhere, and has a strong dorm culture that would cause a lot of he=
adache to disrupt?=A0 Or are you going to put them in Simmons, which is rel=
atively 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 ren=
ting out, but of the available options, I'm going to go ahead and assum=
e 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<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br><br><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote">
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Ashley Nash <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=
=3D"mailto:ashnash@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">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>
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