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Party with Meg Meg Whitman, residential college matriarch and former CEO of eBay, was named Chief Executive of Hewlett-Packard last Thursday. Like most Whitman news, the decision appears fairly controversial. She’s been tapped to resuscitate the tech giant from its currently lagging state. H.P. recently revamped their general sales strategy and is (finally) reevaluating the state of its PC business. Meg previously sat on the Board of Trustees of H.P., which she calls an “American Icon,” leading some to question the company’s search process.

About Meg — she just can’t seem to do anything without pissing others off in the process. Maybe its the backlash of having pumped more than 150 million dollars into her own gubernatorial campaign, or maybe its just her general demeanor, rumored to be not so great. But some of us in Whitman College can’t help but be a little happy for her. After all, if Meg Whitman has some overblown pride, it is certainly reflected in the residential college named after her. Party with Meg.

Sep 24, 2011

Whitman to Save H.P.

By Nathan Serota

Posted in Alumni, In the news Also tagged Heavyweight Alumni, Party With Meg, Whitman One comment

Together, the fourth floor of Hargadon Hall, Whitman College stands united. Once home to arguably the most foul one-person bathroom in all of Whitman, the residents of 4th floor Hargadon, have successfully ended what should only be known as one long “semester-of-smell.”

Sometime around Tuesday of the past week, the following civic-minded declaration was posted on the door of Hargadon’s oft-clogged, regularly-defamed bathroom.

" ... a horrifying tragedy of the commons."

A call to arms. An inward-turning civil war. “Our greatest enemy is only ourselves.” Many have signed the declaration and many more have upheld its premises.

Since Tuesday, neither remnant nor totality has been found disgracing wall, floor or roof. As we look to a fresh new semester, it’s time to declare this case closed, at least for now.

But there’s a bigger moral lesson to be learned here. Changes can be made on this campus silently and unanimously; all it takes is a mess that needs cleaning (literally) and the gumption to bang out a few bullet points of instructions.

Feb 28, 2011