[773] in UA Senate
Re: game room bill
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Catherine Olsson)
Wed Sep 29 19:37:51 2010
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:37:46 -0400
From: Catherine Olsson <catherio@MIT.EDU>
To: "ua-senate@mit.edu" <ua-senate@mit.edu>
CC: Betsy Riley <rileyb@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <A1F4145D-BB4E-4BE2-A72C-9744D3656377@mit.edu>
Hi Senate,
Chiming in off the -listeners list, I would personally really like to
see the space utilized in some way that opens up more office and storage
space for student groups - either as student group space itself, or as a
place that another space-utilizing group could move to, leaving student
group space in its wake. I'm sure the ASA has the full details on the
student group space situation, but I know that office and storage
allocation requests are always tight, and I think helping student groups
is one way the UA can have a large positive impact on student life.
Also, when considering a game room, the reasons why the old game room
failed should be considered. Similarly, when considering a food
establishment, the restrictions on what sorts of utilities (water, gas,
waste disposal, etc) a publicly-accessible food establishment must have
should be considered.
Just my two cents,
- Catherine, Random Hall resident
Betsy Riley wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I thought I'd get the ball rolling on the game room bill. I don't have
> anything super formal yet, but I've written something, below, that we
> could maybe use at a starting point. I based it on the
> top-three-suggestions idea (Vrajesh's?), and I based the suggestions
> roughly on what was said during the Senate meeting. This can certainly
> be improved, however, so let's discuss.
>
>
> The following represent the senators' top three suggestions for the
> renewal of the game room space in the Student Center. Although these
> suggestions are in order of preference, to ultimately determine the
> most popular suggestion, the senators recommend conducting a
> widespread survey of the MIT student body. Additionally, students’
> desires must be balanced with the needs of the Campus Activities
> Complex and the MITIMCo portfolio, so the senators recommend a more
> thorough investigation of the feasibility of these suggestions.
>
> 1. Food establishment with Starbucks-esque lounge
>
> a. Food establishment suggestions: Jamba Juice, Starbucks,
> Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, ice cream, frozen yogurt
>
> b. Lounge: better lighting, comfortable chairs and couches, variety of
> tables, rugs, etc.
>
> c. Should investigate student preferences for particular food
> establishment
> 2. Full-room lounge with vending machines
>
> a. Study and hang-out area
> b. Better lighting, comfortable chairs and couches
>
> c. Large tables for group work
>
> d. Vending machines
>
> i. Snack food, coffee, sandwiches, cheaper drinks than in LaVerde’s
>
> e. Should investigate student preferences for vending
>
> 3. Game room (w/ vending machines?)
> a. DDR
>
> b. Old-school arcade games
>
> c. Air hockey, foosball, ping pong, pool
>
> d. Computer games
>
> e. Probably room for vending machines as well (see 2d above)
>
> f. Should investigate student preferences for games
>
> g. Should investigate student preferences for vending
>
>
> So, thoughts? Do these accurately represent your constituents'
> opinions? How can we make them better? Any completely different ideas?
>
> Betsy (EC Senator)
