Word: fineness
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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 a system that a could land them in--God forbid--Adams or Kirkland...
...argue that the current assignment system is problem-free is--not to put too fine a point on it--intellectually dishonest. Clearly, a house system that consistently produces clusters of groups in certain houses is not in everyone's best interest. Diversity among houses is not enough. The house system must maintain diversity within every house...
CLEARLY, something has to change. Allowing student choice would be fine if it worked, but it doesn't. Maximizing choice results in a faulty distribution that perpetuates itself year after year. Randomization would ensure maximal diversity and dynamism. For proof, we need only look at Currier House, which is largely randomized already...
...many times I have helped this ingrate. While her friends languished in lines at Store 24 that went back to the freezer, I introduced Beth to Christy's. Our first week together I took her to Tommy's and Elsie's and all the fine eating establishments...
They were called "vegetarian hamburgers," and admittedly, they didn't appear too appetizing. Tofu and sprouts don't a patty make, skeptics cried. But surprisingly, the overwhelming verdict was kudos to HDS for a fine meal. Even HDS themselves were caught off guard--the patties were gone in Dunster and Mather...