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...conventional wisdom is that Jewett will move toward full randomization of the housing lottery process in defiance of the opinions of the vast majority of students. The Harvard Independent's recent poll found over 80 percent of students in favor of some choice in the housing lottery compared to only 11 percent of students in favor of randomization. Several weeks ago, more than 190 students signed on to an online petition calling for the preservation of the current system...
While there is widespread speculation that the lottery will change, Jewett has repeatedly delayed his decision on the future of the housing lottery, saying only that he is still gathering opinions from various sources...
...start of reading period and Jewett has still not reached a decision. Why has this choice, which has been debated almost continuously for the past five years, been so difficult...
...because the Dean is reluctant to spend his last months as Dean of the College in battle with student protesters? Or is it because Jewett hopes to suppress student protest by announcing his decision while undergraduates are submerged in the grind of finals...
...strongly in favor of the soliciting of student opinions by administrators, and Jewett has said on successive occasions that he is awaiting various polls and communications in an effort to gauge student opinion. But we doubt that Jewett needs any more input; by now, after a 10-year tenure, we're sure he knows how students feel...