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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anything is clear, it's that the current housing lottery must be changed. Even the staunchest foes of randomization among the masters conceded that the College must alter the assignment process after viewing data on house populations released by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 last month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Randomize Now | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

...LAST Sunday, the Undergraduate Council voted to back the status quo, ignorantly failing to acknowledge the problems that riddle the house system. For reasons that were admittedly political, council members also voted to endorse "non-ordered choice" as an acceptable alternative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Randomize Now | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

...ordered choice is clearly not the solution. Statistics prepared by Dean K. Whitla, director of the Office of Instructional Research and Evaluation, indicated that the proposal might take the edge off of some stereotypes, but Whitla relied on data from last year's lottery in which first-year students selected "unpopular" houses as a safe second or third choice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Randomize Now | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

...Last March, Silber proposed a plan for BU to run the beleaguered Chelsea school system. The plan, which represents the first time that a private educational institution has governed a public school system, has drawn criticism from teachers and Chelsea residents...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: Silber Eyes Candidacy; Draws Mixed Response | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

When suspected right-wing commandos backed by the U.S. killed six Jesuit priests in El Salvador last month, international attention was riveted on that war-torn land, which has been buffeted by 10 years of civil conflict and a recent guerilla offensive...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Slain Priests Had Ties to Harvard | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

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