[625] in UA Senate
Re: Senate in Boston news
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexandra Jordan)
Wed Apr 14 00:31:21 2010
Cc: ua-senate@mit.edu
From: Alexandra Jordan <amjordan@MIT.EDU>
To: The Other Other CFS <campaignforsanitizers@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <x2r1ae20d141004132123pd6ba6f2fs4a99bd1741e5b078@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:31:14 -0400
Props to Janet!
... but seriously, we had a student protest last Friday and THIS is
the story the local news runs? this would be a perfect example of why
I watch the Daily Show for my news.
alex
On Apr 14, 2010, at 12:23 AM, The Other Other CFS wrote:
> 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%20Center%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.
>>> Pros: essentially free, much more hysterical
>>> Cons: 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.
>>> Pros: public shaming
>>> Cons: a decent wall is probably more expensive than the
>>> proposed
>>> expenditures.
>>>
>>> 3. don't allow (smelly) food
>>> Pros: would actually help if people followed it
>>> Cons: too obvious
>>>
>>> 4. shoot any smelly offenders
>>> Pros: sure would get the message across clearly
>>> Cons: might be illegal in some states. and countries. and
>>> might
>>> be ethically questionable.
>>>
>>> 5. close the damn Reading Room
>>> Pros: forces the smelly people to diffuse around campus. Then
>>> the space could be given to student groups. We hear that MITSFS
>>> would
>>> likely still love this idea.
>>> Cons: It 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. So 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? This sure seems
>>> counter-intuitive to us.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Janet Li<jli12@mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> -Tim
>> "Now, I'll stop the storm if it rains."
>>
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Alexandra Jordan
MIT 2011
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
Political Science
amjordan@mit.edu
916.813.7740
