Comments on: Student Affairs Newsletter riles up a Georgetown parent

By: Vox Populi » No new Catholic University norovirus cases since Weds., 36 ill in total

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:21:45 +0000

[...] That’s more than they ever found at Georgetown. As for the hand sanitizers in the Pryzbyla Center, there’s no indication of what type of sanitizer they’re filled with, but as we all learned over Christmas break, what Georgetown gave out didn’t do squat. [...]

By: Vox Populi » Swine Flu update: Travel tips and standing up for (sub-par?) sanitizer

Fri, 01 May 2009 15:58:47 +0000

[...] about Georgetown using anti-bacterial sanitizer to combat a virus (one of the central complaints of the classic anti-Todd Olson email)? Green-Bataille says the University’s just following instructions: As for the sanitizers, [...]

By: Vox Populi » Funding Board doles out cash, sends IRC directly to jail

Vox Populi » Funding Board doles out cash, sends IRC directly to jail — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:58:19 +0000

[...] blame they should bear is for flimsy protections of their listserv. And in that realm, Georgetown shouldn’t be casting the first [...]

By: Vox Populi » Monday Madlibs: create angry parent email to Todd Olson

Vox Populi » Monday Madlibs: create angry parent email to Todd Olson — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:01:34 +0000

[...] you a new Georgetown-related Madlib every Monday. This week, come up with your own variation on an angry parent reply to Todd Olson and his Student Affairs [...]

By: Chester Westerfield

Chester Westerfield — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:32:11 +0000

and yeah, completely worthless. correction: it’s only killed by chlorine based cleaners, bleach being one of them.

By: Chester Westerfield

Chester Westerfield — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:24:27 +0000

My guess is they’ve already changed the listproc address to something else and will be bccing recipients in the future. worth a shot though…

By: Will Sommer

Will Sommer — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:16:24 +0000

Wait, Purell was totally useless at fighting norovirus? That’s huge.

I figured that’s how he managed to send the email. Doesn’t that mean anyone could?

By: Chester Westerfield

Chester Westerfield — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:44:23 +0000

He replied all to the listproc address that the university uses to mail out to parents. The listproc address is linked to all of their emails and so an email to it sends to everyone. The university should have bcc’d the recipients but alas that would be less great.

The methyl alcohol is referring to the fact that the norovirus is only killed by a bleach-based cleaner. A norovirus contaminated surface (or hand) washed with an alcohol-based product, like the bottles of purell given to residents or the ubiquitous dispensers all around campus would do nothing to kill the virus. So that makes the university’s response zero percent effective and one-hundred percent PR.

I have to agree with Will. The complaints are self-explanatory and I think more people should be fed up with the lack of openness and proper administration among our supposed administrators.

By: Molly Redden

Molly Redden — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:55:45 +0000

Just heard back from Olson’s assistant, who has–can you guess?–no comment.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:19:11 +0000

Fucking ballsy. Props.

How’d he get the email address of, er, the entire campus? Ivan should’ve added BCC’ing to the list of complaints.