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Many students yesterday were openly critical of CAR and its founder, James M. Harmon '93, for backing away from its original anti-randomization stance in favor of non-ordered choice.
"I know that pushing for the present systemwould have made me look better but it wouldn'thave stopped 100 percent randomization," saidHarmon, who is also vice chair of the council'sresidential committee. "Those who criticize me fornot being able to preserve the present systemshould wake up and realize how undemocraticHarvard...
Many students also criticized Harmon forholding leadership positions in both CAR and theUndergraduate Council. Joshua S. Byard '93 saidthat Harmon's position as a council representativemay have motivated him to alter his position.
But Harmon said that if CAR had supported thecurrent housing system, Jewett and the housemasters would have eventually moved toward fullrandomization. He said that after Jewett releasedstatistics showing a lack of diversity in thehouses last month, it became clear that the housemasters would not support the current system.
"Although non-ordered choice may not be aspopular as the present system, it is the bestsolution to a bad situation," Harmon said. "Thehouse masters and Dean Jewett want to compromiseonly if there is a popular solution.