[292] in UA Exec
You are being lied to.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hawkins)
Sat Apr 3 07:45:22 2010
Reply-To: hwkns@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 07:45:16 -0400
From: Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@MIT.EDU>
To: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>, UA Executive Board <ua-exec@mit.edu>
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Task Force report, Summer Housing, Athena - all handled very well so far, in
my opinion. But something isn't right. Has anyone noticed that we've had
no real dialogue whatsoever with the administration about dining this
semester? And not for lack of trying... Student engagement my ass. The
final decision will be thrust upon us in a few weeks, right about the time
we need to be studying for finals, and in the mean time we are being
intentionally blocked out of the decision making process.
Colombo refuses to talk to the UAP about dining. Yes, he refuses. Just
think about that for a moment. Did you ever imagine you would have a Dean
for Student Life who would refuse to talk with a student representative
about a student life issue?
Remember that resolution that most of you put your names on back in
December? The one that demanded dialogue and evidence of incorporated
student input? Not only did Colombo fail to get back to us for an entire
three months, but he did nothing that we asked for. Absolutely none of it.
Our requests were neither difficult nor unreasonable, but he chose to
completely ignore them.
Instead, three months later, he came up with HDAG, and set a time-line that
was already severely inadequate for taking student input into account in any
meaningful way. Then he failed to meet even that time-line (according to
his plan, the Idea Bank was supposed to open up on March 15, almost three
weeks ago).
At the exec meeting on Wednesday, I learned that the Division of Student
Life has been building a web site that they hope will minimize blowback from
the announcement of the new dining plan. Members of HDAG, of course, being
the principal advisers in this process, had no clue that the web site
existed.
I don't know what the hell is going on, but it's not student engagement.
Discuss.
-hwkns
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Task Force report, Summer Housing, Athena - all handled very well so far, i=
n my opinion.=A0 But something isn't right.=A0 Has anyone noticed that =
we've had no real dialogue whatsoever with the administration about din=
ing this semester?=A0 And not for lack of trying...=A0 Student engagement m=
y ass.=A0 The final decision will be thrust upon us in a few weeks, right a=
bout the time we need to be studying for finals, and in the mean time we ar=
e being intentionally blocked out of the decision making process.<br>
<br>Colombo refuses to talk to the UAP about dining.=A0 Yes, he refuses.=A0=
Just think about that for a moment.=A0 Did you ever imagine you would have=
a Dean for Student Life who would refuse to talk with a student representa=
tive about a student life issue?<br>
<br>Remember that resolution that most of you put your names on back in Dec=
ember?=A0 The one that demanded dialogue and evidence of incorporated stude=
nt input?=A0 Not only did Colombo fail to get back to us for an entire thre=
e months, but he did nothing that we asked for.=A0 Absolutely none of it.=
=A0 Our requests were neither difficult nor unreasonable, but he chose to c=
ompletely ignore them.<br>
<br>Instead, three months later, he came up with HDAG, and set a time-line =
that was already severely inadequate for taking student input into account =
in any meaningful way.=A0 Then he failed to meet even that time-line (accor=
ding to his plan, the Idea Bank was supposed to open up on March 15, almost=
three weeks ago).<br>
<br>At the exec meeting on Wednesday, I learned that the Division of Studen=
t Life has been building a web site that they hope will minimize blowback f=
rom the announcement of the new dining plan.=A0 Members of HDAG, of course,=
being the principal advisers in this process, had no clue that the web sit=
e existed.<br>
<br>I don't know what the hell is going on, but it's not student en=
gagement.<br><br>Discuss.<br><br>-hwkns<br><div style=3D"display: inline;">=
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