Message-Id: <9210211824.AA13892@hp.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 14:24:32 -0400
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com>
To: Lisa_Gay@brown.edu
Cc: carolingia@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: Lisa_Gay@brown.edu's message of Wed, 21 Oct 92 13:40:51 -0400,
	<9210211740.AA00821@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: A Query to Colleges

   Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 13:40:51 -0400
   To: carolingia@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
   From: Lisa_Gay@brown.edu
   Subject: A Query to Colleges

   From Aurylia of Bryhtwyn, fondest greetings to the gentles of Carolingia!

   Here at the College-on-the-Hill, Barony of the Bridge, the student members
   of the SCA are growing in numbers.  As this happens, Brown University
   reminds us of the terms of our constituancy, namely: in order to use
   University property the Brown SCA must be consituted with the Student
   Activities Office; and to avoid University liability, use of space is
   limited to students of the University.  

Much of the SCA use of college space in Carolingia occurs at MIT,
which does not make this limitation.  I don't know of any particular
limitations, but if they exist, they're most likely along the lines of
limiting attendance to members of the MIT community *and their
guests*.

The MIT community is broadly defined to include students, faculty,
staff, alumni, and the immediate family of MIT community members.

Naturally, any well-behaved SCA member who shows up at an activity at
MIT can be considered the guest of any MIT community member present.

---

Now, if you're looking for loopholes, here are a couple of
ideas/rhetorical questions:

Does Brown have any intercollegiate "club" sports (i.e., sports which
are not formally sponsored by the athletic department)?  If so, can
they get access to Brown facilities to host intercollegiate
competitions?

What about other student activities like chess clubs, bridge clubs,
etc. which are likely to hold competitions?  Are they also locked out
of university space?

Does Brown have any organizations like MIT's HSSP (High School Studies
Program), where MIT students teach courses on various topics to
interested students of Boston-area high schools?

Can student activities invite people or groups from outside the
college to talk, teach, or demonstrate something?

Who is responsible for this policy?  Why was it instituted -- perhaps
due to a bad experience with an "open party"?

					- Bill (MIT '88)