Institvte is a monthly e-mail journal devoted to student affairs issues. The journal is a community forum that provides students with an effective means to analyze and influence MIT policy. It welcomes submissions from any member of the MIT community.

Institvte has been quite influential. Its dedicated readers include many of MIT's senior administrators and faculty, and some of its articles have helped improve student policies. For example, some articles helped bring about programs to reduce dormitory overcrowding and redesign MIT's dining system.

The articles in the July issue of Institvte show the style of the journal:

• An explanation of the sanctions given to a fraternity for violating MIT's alcohol policies, written by the Public Relations Chair of the InterFraternity Council.
• A notice on how to get a copy of the final report of the Student Advisory Committee to the Task Force on Student Life and Learning.
• An analysis discussing the statistical and analytical shortfalls in recent projects to improve student life (both at MIT and nationwide).
• A proposal to create more social space in the Student Center.
• A proposal to give students universal card access to dormitories.
• An analysis that praised Cambridge for repaving Vassar Street, but criticized MIT for failing to repave Amherst Alley.

We are looking for new staff for the journal, including:

• Editors edit the content of Institvte. Their role includes article selection, fact-checking, and copy editing. They also request submissions, and manage the general operations of the journal.
• Publicity Staff publicize Institvte to the MIT community, which includes publicizing issues and recruiting new subscribers.
• Webmasters maintain Institvte's web site. They also maintain INDIS (Institvte Digital Information Service), which provides links to commonly needed information sites.
• Contributors write articles for Institvte.

If you are interested in joining the staff of Institvte, or in writing articles for the journal, please send e-mail to institvte@mit.edu.