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Pity the poor set of "innovative" freshmen whose advantage was undercut by the publication of The Crimson's housing poll. Now instead of an immense private advantage they have only a sight strategic edge and the public recognition of how "talented," "determined," and "ingenious" they are. Never mind that this marvelous talent demonstrated itself through the wonderful practice of defrauding their classmates and misrepresenting themselves in order to obtain personal information that certainly would not have been volunteered to them...
Pity we may have for them, but for the administration's "aren't they cute" attitude and The Crimson's decision to comment on the process only insofar as the private poll validated The Crimson's own survey, another response is in order. Both of these reactions, are characterized by self-congratulation and absolute admiration for the devious, fraudulent nature of the private poll. While we may perhaps find the original deception excusable--weren't we all freshmen who thought the housing lottery was the most important event of our lives once, and would have done nearly anything to avoid...
...Grove rebounded from the loss to be named third best team in the nation in one poll and Mark Kirkland went East to the scenic shores of the River Charles...
Results of a telephone poll of 106 randomly chosen freshmen this week showed that freshmen applying for Houses yesterday faced the tough dilemma of deciding whether they'd rather maximize their chances of living at the River, by picking an "undesirable" River House, or gamble an undesirable housing assignment for the possibility of living in a glamour House...
...Poll data suggest that the Houses fall into two rough categories. The first five Houses--Leverett, Kirkland, Dunster, Quincy and Winthrop, in descending order--will be the first-choice House of nearly three-quarters of the freshmen, unless they altered their housing forms following publication of the survey results...