> To be fair, that's also probably why MIT is cranked up about places like Senior House and Bexley (whole other story) if it gets the (simplistic) idea that bad

> To be fair, that's also probably why MIT is cranked up about places like Senior House and Bexley (whole other story) if it gets the (simplistic) idea that bad forces might lead the innocent astray. Also a good point. I don't think the MIT administration is so clueless that they assume this behavior will disappear when the dorm closes. I suspect they're hoping to change behavior at the margins - that somebody who might have tried acid because so many of their suitemates in Senior did will make a different choice. I think the decision is a mistake regardless, and I think the reasons given are generally pretty small-minded. Does MIT of all places really need to juice its graduation rate? Are the students who don't graduate being harmed, or just taking a different path? But I can certainly see why MIT might take aim at dorms as a means to changing culture.