IHC Minutes: 11/30/06

Meeting called to order in Parson Gates

Guests preset: John Hall, Tom Mannion, Ken Libbrecht, Cathy Jurca, Tim Chang, Yuliya Kuznetsova

Committee members absent: Ricky Jones

  1. New acting Blacker House president.
    • Joey has withdrawn from the Institute for a period of time. Yuliya will be taking over his job until the Blacker House elections.
  2. Alumni Fund Letter.
    • Jeff wouldn't sign the alumni fund letter because he didn't feel that the language of the letter (referring to Caltech preparing its students well for post-undergraduate life) was representative of him. The Dabney excomm agrees with Jeff.
  3. Interhouse
    • The bookstore wil be open during the day of Interhouse.
    • National Geographic is apparently filming a 2-hour special on Interhouse.
  4. Pavel
    • The Dabney RAs have a letter in their apartment for people to sign.
    • Pavel's funeral is on Monday.
    • There'll be a community gathering tonight at 5pm in Dabney lounge.
  5. South Houses
    • Craig is going over to St. Luke's on Monday.
    • Hard use testing of the South Houses is scheduled for the week of December 8th.
    • The administration needs to know exactly which students wil be on campus during the winter.
  6. Avery
    • Avery is coming up for review by the faculty board soon.
    • The SHC (Student Housing Committee) has already done a very informal review.
    • The IHC should be made aware of what the review process entails.