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"I think the contributions the University can and should make... both in education and research are important, but beyond the capacity of the existing resources of the University," says Spence.
In a set of interviews with nearly 100 first-year students, a majority said they oppose any change to the current housing lottery system. But a significant minority said they favor CAR's non-ordered choice plan, under which students would be randomly assigned to one of three houses listed...
"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...
"When the committee was first founded, Ithought it was supposed to be againstrandomization," said one student, who asked not tobe named. "But now that the UC elections are over,it seems that the formation of that group was moreof a political move by Jamie Harmon."
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.