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Since the changes in the lottery were first proposed by house masters last fall, students have consistently opposed them. The Undergraduate Council condemned the plan in December, and after Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 announced the new system earlier this month, more than 1000 students signed a petition protesting the changes...
...when protesters delivered the petition to Jewett, even the dean and the house masters were quick to say that the plan was already a fait accompli...
...days later, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and the house masters indicated that they would not pay attention to the petition, and would go ahead with the lottery proposal this year as "an experiment...
...plan before attempting to explain it to their freshmen signers. But it is nothing less than irresponsible for the council not to make any effort to correct the mistake before furthering the document, particularly when council members sit on the student-administrator committee which debated the masters' plan with Jewett. To have failed to do so was a grave disservice to the freshmen who signed the petition in good faith, and an embarrassment to a council which claims to be actively representing student interests...
...review your protest strategy up to this point: so far, you have collected petition signatures (yawn), conferred with Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 (yawn, yawn) and coordinated your actions with the Undergraduate Council (zzzzzzzzzzzz...