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Apparently, alumni are not part of the community. Any current MIT folks reading? Please submit: "Who exactly rejected a plea bargain with no jail time?" I

• neltnerb 14y ago
  Definitely. I've been around MIT a long time, and have seen it go from a hacker friendly place to one where charges are filed for undergrads acting according to ethical hacking on campus. It's a shame, and I know who I blame, but I am 100% certain that my assumptions about the inner workings of the MIT corporation are incomplete. Besides, Hockfield is gone, and I largely blame her and Vest for the new liability-sensitive administrative culture that's so antithetical to the MIT tradition of supporting students, unconventional exploration, and if not being helpful at least not being actively hurtful when things go wrong. So if they're both long gone, what is going on? Leftover poor policy? Deans who were hired under a bad paradigm of operating their department? Faculty pressure (I sure hope not on that one)?
  • dthunt 14y ago
    years of toadyism?
    • neltnerb 14y ago
      It's so disappointing. I'm inspired by stories that end with "all tech men carry batteries". But then I see their treatment of my friend when she had far more benign intent. Disappointment is almost too weak of a word when it comes to my opinion of most of the administration. Hopefully Reif will stir things up, but I'm doubtful.
• dthunt 14y ago
  There's apparently this touchstone@mit thing; does your alum address work on that? (looks like not...)