Institutional Wisdom Watch

Susan Allen: Assistant Dean for RCA moves up to dean of students at Roxbury Community College.

Roxbury Community College: We're really sorry, guys. Student groups better keep their money under their mattresses.

Mail Distribution: Re-engineering effort actually manages to reduce productivity. Way to go, gurus.

Random Hall: Sewage spill and chimney blockage still demonstrate MIT's negligence.

Random Residents: Students and their leaders persevere against encroaching sludge and fumes.

ROTC Task Force: Don't ask, don't tell, don't decide. Ever.

Pillar posters: They generate more heat than light.