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However, this year's class may be the last to have any input into the housing lottery. Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 has indicated that he may decide to randomize the process, ending the current system of non-ordered choice and eliminating student choice from the housing lottery...
Seven years ago, when administrators originally contemplated randomizing the housing lottery, they were concerned about disproportionate numbers of athletes and prep school graduates living in some houses. In deference to students' ardent support for choice, Jewett adopted non-ordered choice as a compromise that would help diversify the houses...
...appears that a proposal calling for publication of records would enjoy support from administrators as well as students. Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 has said that he would be in favor of such a proposal. Future Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 said that a record would provide the community with "better information," although he also added that the change might be difficult to implement...
Within the next few weeks Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 is expected to make a ruling on the issue of House randomization. The conventional wisdom now is that he will decide to implement a plan of full randomization of blocking groups into houses and take away one of the few ways in which we can define our college experience...
Last Wednesday, Torrance delivered a first round of that petition, with over 100 signatures, to Dean Jewett, as well as to Dean-designate Harry R. Lewis '68 and all of the house masters. He plans to continue adding names, however, so I encourage anyone not supporting randomization to contact him (bhtorran@fas) and ask to sign his petition. The argument about randomization is no longer theoretical--randomization may very well become reality within the next few weeks, and we should be sure that the students' opinion is heard before that time...