Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lottery does not always work this way because it requires freshmen to make clever calculations and to take risks. Number 99 may think that Adams House is out of the question or not worth the risk, while number 100 may be better at calculating its possibility of getting into Adams, or more adventuresome. In this manner, group 100 may get into Adams while group 99 does not, although both groups wished to live there. Clearly, the lottery does not live up to its intention...
WHEN A YARD full of frenzied freshmen feels compelled to conduct sham polls of housing choices and spread anxious rumors about people being "Quincied," it signals loudly that something has gone profoundly wrong with the way Harvard runs its housing system...
...Quad the freshmen...
First of all, freshmen, by and large, don't know any better. Secondly, this system would benefit the newcomers, since the "hall" system of the Quad houses--which is likely to remain intact as long as the university lags on renovations--fosters a far more communal atmosphere than the entryway system of most of the Yard dorms. Under this system, the Yard dorms could be affiliated with River Houses, and would doubtlessly become priority housing for seniors...
Seeking to gather more information before any more changes are made, Residential Committee chairman Eisert says the council will conduct a survey of freshmen asking their opinions on the new innovation after the housing lottery is over...