[598] in UA Senate
Bill to provide free hygiene products in the Reading Room during
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Janet Li)
Fri Apr 9 20:06:47 2010
From: Janet Li <jli12@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:06:24 -0400
To: ua-senate@mit.edu
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to give you a heads up on a bill I'm working on, which I'll try to
send to Tim soon so that it can be on the agenda for our next meeting.
The Committee on Space Planning has been working with the CAC to improve the
Reading Room, namely the smell. The ventilation system and everything are
working fine, so the main problem is probably just the students themselves,
many of whom get locked up studying in the Reading Room without taking care
of their hygiene. We've made some posters about stress and hygiene to raise
awareness of this problem (which are going up soon, if they're not already
up), but for finals week, we wanted to do something more. Together with
Jennifer Smith (the assistant director of the CAC) and some of MIT's health
educators, we've decided to tackle this hygiene issue by having free samples
of toothpaste, soap, deodorant, and mouthwash available in the Reading Room
for the last day of spring classes through the last day of finals (May
13-20).
Jennifer was able to obtain free samples of toothpaste and soap, but for six
days of 50 samples/day, the other products would cost: $174 for deodorant
($0.58/piece) and $267 for mouthwash ($0.89/piece). So the bill asks for a
total of $441 from Senate Discretionary to cover the cost of these samples.
What do you all think? Since the Reading Room and its smell are issues that
affect many undergrads, and because the UA Committee on Space Planning has
been working with the CAC on this, I think that it's reasonable to request
this funding from the Senate discretionary fund. Jennifer is already using
the CAC's funds to print posters and buy the display stands, as well as
paying for the student graphics worker.
Thanks,
---
Janet Li
MIT Class of 2012
Dept. of Biological Engineering
Undergraduate Association Baker Senator
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Hey everyone,<br><br>I wanted to give you a heads up on a bill I'm working on, which I'll try to send to Tim soon so that it can be on the agenda for our next meeting. <br><br>The Committee on
Space Planning has been working with the CAC to improve the Reading
Room, namely the smell. The ventilation system and everything are
working fine, so the main problem is probably just the students
themselves, many of whom get locked up studying in the Reading Room
without taking care of their hygiene. We've made some posters about
stress and hygiene to raise awareness of this problem (which
are going up soon, if they're not already up), but for finals week,
we wanted to do something more. Together with Jennifer Smith (the assistant director of the CAC) and some of MIT's health educators, we've decided to tackle this hygiene issue by having free samples of toothpaste, soap, deodorant,
and mouthwash available in the Reading Room for the last day of spring classes through the last day of finals
(May 13-20). <br><br>Jennifer was able to obtain free samples of toothpaste and soap,
but for six days of 50 samples/day, the other products would cost:
$174 for deodorant ($0.58/piece) and $267 for mouthwash<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span> ($0.89/piece). So the bill asks for a total of $441 from Senate Discretionary to cover the cost of these samples.<br>
<br>What do you all think? Since the Reading Room and its smell are issues that affect many undergrads, and
because the UA Committee on Space Planning has been working with the
CAC on this, I think that it's reasonable to request this funding from the Senate
discretionary fund. Jennifer is already using the CAC's funds to print posters and buy the display stands, as well as paying for the student graphics worker.<br><br>Thanks,<br clear="all">---<br>Janet Li<br>MIT Class of 2012<br>
Dept. of Biological Engineering<br>Undergraduate Association Baker Senator<br>
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