[227] in peace2
thank you
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (geeta)
Mon Apr 24 22:28:34 2000
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:27:10 -0400
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From: geeta <gdayal@MIT.EDU>
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I would like to thank everyone very much for participating in one of the
most successful protests that have ever happened on the MIT campus in
recent memory. The McDermott Dot Protest went strong for EIGHT AND A HALF
HOURS. Even at 6:30 am, we had nearly FIFTY STUDENTS on the Dot. Currently,
we have about 500 signatures on the petition, and we have entered
preliminary discussions with the Department of Facilities about moving the
"temporary faculty offices" so that the McDermott Dot will not be touched.
However, nothing is certain yet. We need your help. Please continue writing
letters to the administration. Keep signing petitions. Get faculty
involved. Talk to student leaders who might have some influence. Remember,
grassroots action is a beginning, but we need to follow through. If things
fall through in a few days and we don't reach an adequate compromise with
the administration that meets the needs of the student body, we promise
that we will be on the Dot again in full force.
Don't forget that MIT students are the smartest students in the world, and
deserve to be treated that way. Don't be apathetic. Don't allow the
administration to push you around. MIT exists for its students and faculty.
Don't forget that we're the ones who are paying their salaries with our
tuition money. Don't forget that we will be rich alumni someday. I'll never
donate to a school that puts a trailer park in the middle of a frisbee
field. If things at MIT piss you off, work on changing them instead of just
complaining about them.
Keep on fighting the good fight,
Geeta
P.S. More protest T-shirts, some which say "MIT: Trashing Today for A
Better Tomorrow" and others which say "MIT: Students Should Be Seen, Not
Heard" will be available during the next few days, once Blake finishes
screenprinting them. Email me or Blake (blake@mit.edu) if you'd like
one...we're selling them at cost for $5 dollars, but if you'd like to
donate more, feel free, as a lot of personal money was spent on this protest.
