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Hoping to improve student involvement in House life, the College will halve the maximum size of blocking groups to eight from the current cap of 16, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 confirmed Wednesday.
Lewis' decision, scheduled to take effect with the Class of 2003, will significantly limit the number of first-year students who may "block" together and enter the College's housing lottery as a single group.
As a result, Lewis announced his intention to review blocking group sizes over the summer at a meeting of the Committee on House Life (COHL) last semester. Although Lewis would not offer an indication of his intentions then, many Masters said they anticipated a reduction in group size.
And in an e-mail message yesterday, Lewis said he and the Masters noticed that most large blocking groups are not entirely comprised of close friends--in particular, "the 'hinged' blocked phenomenon" in which one large blocking group is comprised of two sub-groups that are linked by a few...
And despite his professed sensitivity to retaining friendship groups created during students' first years, Lewis said the smaller groups offer adequate opportunity to block with close friends.