[293] in UA Exec
Re: You are being lied to.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony Rindone)
Sun Apr 4 11:52:11 2010
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From: Anthony Rindone <arindone@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:51:47 -0400
To: hwkns@mit.edu
Cc: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>, UA Executive Board <ua-exec@mit.edu>
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I think it's irresponsible to create controversy largely on speculation, but
I'll bite.
I do remember some discussion on that resolution a few months ago, and I do
recall at least one person pointing out the lack of "bite" that said
resolutions have. If the people responsible for certain obligations (i.e.
Colombo) do not meet those guidelines, then what *really *are the
consequences? O yeah...people bitch about it on these mailing lists.
Members of the UA should approach him in person and grill him on these
issues during his office hours (if he still has them...and if he
*doesn't*he should be grilled on
*that* too...) Essentially, if something like this comes up, the gut
reaction necessarily should not be to shoot off a weak email, but to get
into the faces of Admins. If they still bullshit you, then come up with a
course of action.
Talk less, act more
Anthony Rindone
arindone@mit.edu
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@mit.edu> wrote:
> 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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I think it's irresponsible to create controversy largely on speculation=
, but I'll bite.<br><br>I do remember some discussion on that resolutio=
n a few months ago, and I do recall at least one person pointing out the la=
ck of "bite" that said resolutions have. If the people responsibl=
e for certain obligations (i.e. Colombo) do not meet those guidelines, then=
what <i>really </i>are the consequences? O yeah...people bitch about it on=
these mailing lists.<br>
<br>Members of the UA should approach him in person and grill him on these =
issues during his office hours (if he still has them...and if he <i>doesn&#=
39;t</i> he should be grilled on <i>that</i> too...) Essentially, if someth=
ing like this comes up, the gut reaction necessarily should not be to shoot=
off a weak email, but to get into the faces of Admins. If they still bulls=
hit you, then come up with a course of action.<br>
<br>Talk less, act more<br><br>Anthony Rindone<br><a href=3D"mailto:arindon=
e@mit.edu">arindone@mit.edu</a><br><br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Daniel H=
awkins <span 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-lef=
t: 1ex;">
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;">=
</div>
<div style=3D"display: inline;"></div>
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