[775] in UA Senate
Re: game room bill
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rachel E Meyer)
Thu Sep 30 00:02:23 2010
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:02:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rachel E Meyer <remeyer@MIT.EDU>
To: Catherine Olsson <catherio@mit.edu>
cc: "ua-senate@mit.edu" <ua-senate@mit.edu>, Betsy Riley <rileyb@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4CA3CDCA.1050801@mit.edu>
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ASA hasn't discussed this too recently, but the opinion of ASA and CAC=20
Advisory Board (at least in the past) was that the gameroom space is not=20
suitable for student group space. The first two issues are that first=20
floor means poor security and Investment Management could reallocate the=20
space at any time with potentially little notice.
-Rachel
(ASA Secretary)
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Catherine Olsson wrote:
> Hi Senate,
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> Chiming in off the -listeners list, I would personally really like to see=
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> space utilized in some way that opens up more office and storage space fo=
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> student groups - either as student group space itself, or as a place that=
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> another space-utilizing group could move to, leaving student group space =
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> its wake. I'm sure the ASA has the full details on the student group spac=
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> situation, but I know that office and storage allocation requests are alw=
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> tight, and I think helping student groups is one way the UA can have a la=
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> positive impact on student life.
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> Also, when considering a game room, the reasons why the old game room fai=
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> should be considered. Similarly, when considering a food establishment, t=
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> restrictions on what sorts of utilities (water, gas, waste disposal, etc)=
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> publicly-accessible food establishment must have should be considered.
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> Just my two cents,
> - Catherine, Random Hall resident
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> Betsy Riley wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
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>> I thought I'd get the ball rolling on the game room bill. I don't have=
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>> anything super formal yet, but I've written something, below, that we co=
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>> maybe use at a starting point. I based it on the top-three-suggestions i=
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>> (Vrajesh's?), and I based the suggestions roughly on what was said durin=
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>> the Senate meeting. This can certainly be improved, however, so let's=20
>> discuss.
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>> The following represent the senators' top three suggestions for the rene=
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>> of the game room space in the Student Center. Although these suggestions=
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>> are in order of preference, to ultimately determine the most popular=20
>> suggestion, the senators recommend conducting a widespread survey of the=
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>> MIT student body. Additionally, students=A2 desires must be balanced wit=
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>> needs of the Campus Activities Complex and the MITIMCo portfolio, so the=
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>> senators recommend a more thorough investigation of the feasibility of=
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>> these suggestions.
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>> 1. Food establishment with Starbucks-esque lounge
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>> a. Food establishment suggestions: Jamba Juice, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A,=
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>> Taco Bell, ice cream, frozen yogurt
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>> b. Lounge: better lighting, comfortable chairs and couches, variety of=
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>> tables, rugs, etc.
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>> c. Should investigate student preferences for particular food establishm=
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>> 2. Full-room lounge with vending machines
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>> a. Study and hang-out area
>> b. Better lighting, comfortable chairs and couches
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>> c. Large tables for group work
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>> d. Vending machines
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>> i. Snack food, coffee, sandwiches, cheaper drinks than in LaVerde=A2s
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>> e. Should investigate student preferences for vending
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>> 3. Game room (w/ vending machines?)
>> a. DDR
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>> b. Old-school arcade games
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>> c. Air hockey, foosball, ping pong, pool
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>> d. Computer games
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>> e. Probably room for vending machines as well (see 2d above)
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>> f. Should investigate student preferences for games
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>> g. Should investigate student preferences for vending
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>> So, thoughts? Do these accurately represent your constituents' opinions?=
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>> How can we make them better? Any completely different ideas?
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>> Betsy (EC Senator)
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