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But even if several houses do have an imbalance of one group over another, some of the masters' opposition to the Jewett plan seems to stem from the fear that increasing the similarities among houses will decrease their overall importance to the life of the College.
Further, some of these dissenting masters argue that Jewett's plan is an attempt by the central administration to gain control over house life. Having each house essentially the same would allow the central administration to have interchangeable tutors, advisors and programs and would consequently lessen the authority of the...
But Jewett maintains that the present situation heightens first-year student anxiety over where they will live and fosters feelings of exclusion by some houses. And that must be changed, the dean insists.
Many "service" issue proponents in this fall's council elections cited the campus-wide furor over ROTC last spring as a reason to retrench from the activist course charted by former Chair Kenneth E. Lee '89. They urged the council to address fewer divisive issues and focus more on adminstrative...
As thousands of college and prep school students descend on Cambridge looking for parties this weekend, more than 36,000 rowers from all over the world will arrive to participate in the 25th annual Head of the Charles Regatta.