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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (The Other Other CFS)
Wed Apr 14 00:24:01 2010
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:23:58 -0700
From: The Other Other CFS <campaignforsanitizers@gmail.com>
To: ua-senate@mit.edu
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO139894/
The Campaign for Sanitizers does not know whether to say congrats or...
But in either case, "Way to get in the news Senate!"
(although we still think Mandatory Showering on Kresge Oval would have
been way more hilarious)
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Tim Stumbaugh <stum@mit.edu> wrote:
> For those who lack the relevant context:
> http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS40/passed/40%20UAS%206.1%20-%20Student%20=
Center%20Sanitizers.pdf
>
> On 10 Apr 2010 00.22, The Other Other CFS wrote:
>>
>> The Campaign for Sanitizers fully supports the spirit of this bill,
>> but encourages consideration of a few other options:
>>
>> 1. turn on the sprinklers on Kresge Oval, drag all reading room
>> occupants out there, enforce Mandatory Showering.
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Pros: essentially free, much more hysterical
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Cons: we hate anything mandatory
>>
>> 2. build a wall to divide the room into two sections, have a Smell
>> Sheriff at the entrance determine whether a person belongs on the
>> smell-free or smelly side.
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Pros: public shaming
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Cons: a decent wall is probably more expensive than the propo=
sed
>> expenditures.
>>
>> 3. don't allow (smelly) food
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Pros: would actually help if people followed it
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Cons: too obvious
>>
>> 4. shoot any smelly offenders
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Pros: sure would get the message across clearly
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Cons: might be illegal in some states. =A0and countries. =A0a=
nd might
>> be ethically questionable.
>>
>> 5. close the damn Reading Room
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Pros: forces the smelly people to diffuse around campus. =A0T=
hen
>> the space could be given to student groups. =A0We hear that MITSFS would
>> likely still love this idea.
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Cons: =A0It has not been proven that the aforementioned
>> substitution would make a significant positive impact with respect to
>> the problem in question.
>>
>>
>> In summary, The Campaign is against smelliness, but ironically has no
>> strong stance in either direction on personal hygiene. =A0So while The
>> Campaign supports the spirit of this proposal, it would highly prefer
>> a free and more amusing and shaming plan.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> The Other Other CFS
>>
>>
>> ps - one point of inquiry: the Reading Room has a significant smell
>> problem, but the neighboring cluster does not? =A0This sure seems
>> counter-intuitive to us.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Janet Li<jli12@mit.edu> =A0wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey everyone,
>>>
>>> I wanted to give you a heads up on a bill I'm working on, which I'll tr=
y
>>> 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 improv=
e
>>> the
>>> Reading Room, namely the smell. The ventilation system and everything a=
re
>>> 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 fo=
r
>>> six
>>> days of 50 samples/day, the other products would cost: $174 for deodora=
nt
>>> ($0.58/piece) and $267 for mouthwash ($0.89/piece). So the bill asks fo=
r
>>> 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
>>>
>
> --
> -Tim
> "Now, I'll stop the storm if it rains."
>
