[2924] in Humor
Residence proposal - interesting quotes.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew B. Greytak)
Tue Sep 7 20:12:02 1999
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 20:13:04 -0400
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: "Andrew B. Greytak" <agreytak@MIT.EDU>
>To: fred@MIT.EDU
>Cc: ec-discuss@MIT.EDU
>Subject: Residence proposal - interesting quotes.
>Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 19:43:51 -0400
>From: Robert Buckingham <robbie1@MIT.EDU>
>
>"Certainly the current system has been slow to adapt in the face of changing
>reality in many dimensions for far too long."
>
>"The qualities associated with the best in the human spirit: a well developed
>sense of judgement, an aesthetic sensibility, and the flexibility and self-
>confidence to adapt to major change."
>
>"MIT's strong (sic) commitment to the residential experience."
>
>"For students, house governance is evaluated with respect to articulated
>responsibilities and expectations."
>
>"Annual evaluation mechanisms include entries for individuals to record
>participation in educational activities within the residence system."
>
>"Residents are expected to play a significant role in selecting and designing
>their educational experiences."
>
>"Policies reflect an assumption of individual responsibility."
>
>"All residence units comply with all relevent building codes and licensing
>requirements . . . detected code violations are repaired immediately."
>
>"Crowding is not permitted, and policies are adjusted accordingly."
>
>"Programming."
>
>"We acknowledge the lack of substantive attention in this report to the
>graduate student community."
>
>"The FSILG system has been particularly successful in providing this mentoring
>to its freshmen residents."
>
>"It may be more appropriate to provide some priority in the housing selection
>to those serving as undergraduate RA's."
>
>"It is reasonable to relocate the traditional freshman services offices to
>the residence halls."
>
>"Ashdown is and should remain a graduate residence hall."
>
>"In the fall of 2001, there will be enough beds in the residence halls to
>house the freshmen on campus. There will not, however, be enough to house
>the upperclasspersons."
>
>*** "We reccomend that freshmen establish their residence hall preferences
> by July 1 in the summer preceeding their arrival." ****
>
>*** "It is therefore the norm that students will move between their freshman
> and sophomore years." ***
>
>"The process will assign an incoming student to a residence hall, but not to
>a specific hall within that hall."
>
>*** "No upperclass student shall have any influence in this (internal
>dormitory
> assignment) process." ***
>
>"We have every confidence that the residents of the FSILG's will respond to
>this new recruiting environment with excellence and creativity."
>
>"This must change."
>
>"MIT is trying to run an excellent system on a shoestring."
>
>"The institute owes its students a clear set of boundaries."
>
>"Of particular historical significance for MIT was the 'Unified Student
>Response' proposal."
>
>"We make no reccomendation for a primarily first year residence hall."
>
>"We certainly do not reccomend an exchange of Ashdown House and MacGregor
>Hall."
>
> Robbie
>
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