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Dates: during 1980-1989
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JUST like trying to nail Jello to a tree, it is difficult to pin down the argument against randomization. In one instant, opponents of randomization contend that the house system is just fine as it is: "We're all diverse here." And in the next instant, they anxiously plead against...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Diversity Comes First | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

The tricky thing about pinning down opponents of randomization is that they tend to do what lawyers call "arguing by alternative." It's like defending a client accused of stealing a car and denting the fender by saying, "The fender isn't dented, and if it is, my client didn...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Diversity Comes First | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

The so-called "negative choice" solution, in which students list the three houses in which they don't want to live, will fail as long as the students who are intended to round out the stereotyped houses don't want to live in them. There's also the problem of...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Diversity Comes First | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

"He's probably the best back in the league," Harvard Captain Greg Gicewicz said. "If we shut him down defensively, we pretty much have the game."

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: It's Crunch Time for Gridders | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

Administrators at most of the schools complained that the investigation's scope was too broad, and asked the Justice Department to either pare down its requests or extend the deadlines for compiling the records. The department did a little bit of both, but it was still too much for the...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: The High Costs of a Harvard Defense | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

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