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Last Thursday, you ran a letter that stated that the Undergraduate Council caved in on randomization. The letter implied that the council was trying to take the easy way out of the issue instead of representing the views of its constituents. This is simply untrue...
Kenneth A. Katz '93 implied that the council was ignoring the students' views. On the contrary, our main problem (if you want to call this a problem) has been trying to listen to students' views too much. Although most freshmen are against randomization, there are many upperclassmen who would favor it. Trying to come up with a consensus proposal has been very difficult, and we have not come to a consensus even after two month of debate. As little as Ken might like it, the council's job is to represent all of the students, not just the freshmen...
...Daniel H. Tabak '91, a member of the council's residential committee, discussing the the council's increasing willingness to accept non-ordered choice as a compromise alternative to the current house assignment lottery...
...James M. Harmon '93, vice chair of the council's residential committee and head of the first-year student group which originally proposed the non-ordered choice plan...
Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes, a member of former President Ronald W. Reagan's National Security Council, said he expected the two leaders to announce a date for an agreement on strategic nuclear weapons. Pipes also said Bush might lift some trade restrictions on the Soviet Union...