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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF695103"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> dubin.andrea@gmail.com [dubin.andrea@gmail.com] on behalf of GSC HCA Chair [gsc-hca@MIT.EDU]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 28, 2013 10:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> grad-dorm-officers@mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Graduate Housing Discussion<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Grad dorm officers - please forward this on to your respective dorms.
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<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>GSC HCA co-chairs Andrea and Marzyeh</div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear graduate students,</font></span></p>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Have something to say about on- or off-campus graduate housing at MIT? Read on!</font></div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">As part of its activities on the
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline; background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/grad-student-housing-working-group-launched-0318.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204); text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Graduate
Housing Task Force</a></span><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"> the GSC is hosting a listening session. Dean of Graduate Education Christine Ortiz and other task force members will be there to hear your
opinions on, and ideas for MIT graduate housing policy, plans and strategy.</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We want to understand the connection between quality
of life and graduate housing (both on- and off-campus). In particular, we want to hear your thoughts on:</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The trade-offs between proximity, productivity and quality
of life</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The decision-making process you use to select housing
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Your satisfaction with current graduate housing and
housing resources at MIT</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Event</span><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">:
Graduate Housing Task Force: Graduate Student Listening Session</span></font></p>
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<span class="" style="">Thursday, May 30, 2013</span></span></span></font></p>
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<span class="" style="">3pm-5pm</span></span></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">:
32-124</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Refreshments will be served.</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please also share your thoughts with this short questionnaire.
Two respondents will randomly selected to win $25 Amazon Gift Cards.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13mYhAnoOkCq9qVvbKmqCwd98NlxpYSNqvFKzWxAWmpM/viewform" style="color:rgb(17,85,204); text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13mYhAnoOkCq9qVvbKmqCwd98NlxpYSNqvFKzWxAWmpM/viewform</font></span></a></p>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13mYhAnoOkCq9qVvbKmqCwd98NlxpYSNqvFKzWxAWmpM/viewform" style="color:rgb(17,85,204); text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"></span></a></font>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></span></p>
<span style="background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kevin Cedrone on behalf of the GSC
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