2011's Senior Class Campaign is revamping its program to focus more on senior involvement.

According to an article from the Washington Post and The Chronicle of Higher Education, administrators at Cornell and Dartmouth are handing out the names of seniors who haven't contributed to their senior class campaign.  At Dartmouth, only one of the class of 1,123 didn't contribute to the fund, and faced ridicule for it in the campus paper and several blogs.

To the Editor:

Re: “The Problem with the Senior Class Campaign,” Opinion, March 17

The author’s critique of the Senior Class Campaign, though understandable from a cash-strapped senior, demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of how non-profits work. As a Cornell graduate and current non-profit employee, I want to elucidate a few points.

A common experience among friends in the senior class has recently been the source of a great deal of irritation. It is time, at the risk of sounding ungrateful, to air this collective grievance.

We have begun to receive anonymous phone calls from other seniors. Unlike chatroulette.com, and other non-coercive, voluntary associations with random strangers, we do not really have the choice of entering into this anonymous relationship, because the voice on the line sounds so friendly. The purpose of the conversation, however, quickly becomes clear; the Senior Class Campaign is looking for money.