Word: blocks
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Lewis' decision, scheduled to take effect with the Class of 2003, will significantly limit the number of first-year students who may "block" together and enter the College's housing lottery as a single group...
...despite his professed sensitivity to retaining friendship groups created during students' first years, Lewis said the smaller groups offer adequate opportunity to block with close friends...
...Eight is actually not a small number for a friendship group," Lewis wrote in the e-mail message. "It's large enough to accommodate most close friendship groups, including groups involving both men and women, but small enough to ensure that students from one block will get to know other students in the House and to enable the gender ratios to be well balanced everywhere in the future...
...With randomization, people should be able to block with whoever they want," Seton said. "I'm not sure that this will be the cure-all they hope...
...Size. There's not much you can do to increase the value of the biggest house on the block. The Clintons have it. The house next door goes for about...