Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After implying for several years that a computer handles the freshmen House lottery from beginning to end, University officials admitted on Thursday that a portion of the housing assignment is done by hand, raising questions about the possibility of human error in the lottery.
Although a computer does assign random numbers to each housing group or bloc, housing officials complete the process by actually sorting the rooming cards into piles, one for each house, officials said.
Turning off the five plants, which together produce about 4.1 million kw of electric power, reflects the NRC's caution in the present fevered climate of public debate about the nation's use of reactors to provide energy. The NRC has not suggested that the plants are unsafe...
Henning P. Guttman '82 described the computer printed notices as "official-looking," but said residents began to suspect a hoax when someone who had listed Currier as his top choice received an assingnment to Winthrop.
Holworthy students suspect that either Thayer, the Lampoon, proctor Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld or residents familiar with the computer were responsible for the prank.