Word: randomizes
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This year's decision to disclose lottery numbers before rooming forms are due is a step in the right direction because it stresses roommate choice above house choice. Nevertheless, the only way to avoid encouraging parochialism and needless anxiety is an entirely random process for placing rooming groups in houses. A random housing lottery would not stop students from self-selecting into groups of friends with shared interests and attitudes. Nor should it. But by diminishing the importance of stereotypes, a random lottery would help to eliminate hostility and disdain between people with different attitudes and lifestyles...
Moreover, a random lottery would actually be the fairest way to distribute the college's unequal array of accomodations. The current system gives only the illusion of choice. Not only are students still subject to the chances of a random lottery, but they are also often precluded from applying to desirable houses by stereotypes which make choosing a house a statement about one's social, personal, and even sexual preferences...
...complaint in your article on the History Department (February 11) seems to be that the "fabulous" courses we offer are not given every year; it is further stated that courses make "seemingly random appearances," and that this makes it difficult for students to plan their schedules...
...courses bracketed randomly, and is it a disservice to list bracketed courses? I suggest that the turnover in courses is neither random nor unstable. We try to ensure that the sequence of courses in every field is rational, and serves the needs of the students. We aim at giving students the opportunity to take virtually all of the courses we offer over a two-year period. Listing bracketed courses, far from being a disservice to students allows them to plan their schedules properly, over time...
...report, which was released Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital, strongly suggests that substance abuse is not a random event and indicates that teen-age alcohol, cigarette and drug use can be predicted and perhaps even prevented...