Word: notting
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Only in extrem circumstances hould a community's right and responsibility to make its own informed decisions be denied. The house system does not yet pose us this crisis.
Indeed, proponents of 100 percent randomization do not claim to offer a cure-all for Harvard's problems of inequality; instead they implicitly argue broadly that randomization will give symbolic stature to the College's commitment to diversity.
The subtle irritation among the staff lies in the perception of persistent "types" of students--athletes in Kirkland, private school graduates and the wealthy in Eliot, and humanities or artistically inclined students in Adams--who do not mingle and will not unless they are forced to.
But these sharply focused breakdowns of the house system do not warrant total randomization. Though significant, findings released by the College of other disparities do not either.
Consider one such reality. Whether on the basis of academic advice, physical attractions such as swimming pools or presses, proximity to extra-curricular activity, there remain important, legitimate reasons for students to wish to select or not select a house, regardless of stereotype.