The Swarthmore College Computer Society
Needs your help!

We have a problem, and we need you to contribute. Our best sysadmin, Mr. Aaron Marsh '98, has lost his mind. He is still a fantastic UNIX Guru, but after selflessly spending so many hours maintaining our computers, and carrying the weight of the rest of the sysadmin team, he has lost all elements of his mind that dealt with anything but computers and UNIX. What's more, he hallucinates constantly and can barely, if at all, recognize everyday objects. The pictures below show the pathetic creature- all that is left now of our beloved Mr. Marsh. Click the thumbnails to see full-sized images.
Sad, but true.

These are real, uncensored photos. Please, protect your children.


Aaron reaching for an imagined food item. Aaron with a social worker.

Mr Marsh is being kept comfortable as we try to identify and treat his condition. Many minds are working on the problem.

What can I do, you ask? While we work on a solution, we need to keep Aaron alive and well. But sadly, the SCCS has no budget for food except for a once-yearly pizza party. And our equipment and supplies budget cannot be applied to medical paraphrenalia. So more than anything, we need you to send us food, and, if you have it, a straitjacket. Please help soon- our arms are tired and Aaron is getting hungry again. If you can help with either of these items, please send them to:


Save A Sysadmin   ATTN: Hospice
C/O  John Speno
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397

Can anything be done?
We think so. Elaine Huang thinks she has found a solution. We cannot go into detail here for lack of time and space, but I'll summarize: we need vinyl. I know it sounds wierd, but it's the only source for a chemical we need. There is a small amount of it in each old-fashioned LP. Please, send us your spare ones. There is much left to be done and we simply don't have enough vinyl. To get the amount we need to treat and cure Mr. Marsh's serious condition, we need thousands of LP's. If you were about to throw out that box of old records, have a heart- send it to us as:

Save A Sysadmin    ATTN: Research
C/O  Karen Carpenter
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397


Thank you for your support of Save A Sysadmin. We are doing everything we can, and appreciate your help.