Word: sayes
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...fact, some say he has already won a partial victory, as the debate now seems to be framed in terms of 100 percent random or nothing...
Jewett and a growing number of followers say the current system--which maximizes student choice--has resulted in a housing situation that is unacceptable at a school which strives for diversity. They cite a growing bulk of evidence that several houses have skewed populations of varsity athletes, Asian-Americans and other minority groups, and they say such living arrangements foster stereotyes and prejudice...
...leery of administrative attempts at the "social engineering" of residential life at Harvard, several masters say Jewett's proposal to randomly assign at least 50 percent of the spaces in all 12 houses is both unnecessary and futile. Such a move promises to make the houses more homogeneous and lessen their importance in the life of the College, they say...
...more personal level, even first-year students who have acknowledged the value of diversifying the houses say they are reluctant to become the "guinea pigs" of Jewett's experiment...
Other masters say they feel the same way about the need to preserve student choices in selecting the environment in which they will spend three-fourths of their time at Harvard...