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Bill Clinton needs to select people who will work best for the American team. They shouldn't have to meet any criterion but merit for these jobs. And yet, in today's selection process, it is acceptable for Clinton to select not the best people for the job, but the best people in certain minority groups...
...expanding the Freshman Seminar program andusing a lottery to select applicants...
Tonight, the Crimson will have a chance to iron out some of its offensive kinks in its scrimmage against Assabet, a Massachusetts all-select squad primarily consisting of high-school level talent...
...students will have a better chance of getting their first choice. Right now, students only have a 25 percent chance of having the computer randomly select their first choice out of the four listed. Under enhanced choice, that percentage is closer to 45 percent, because students get two chances to get into their first choice...
...house is filled 25 percent before his or her number comes up, that student still has a chance to get into the house in the second round. The first choice will be recylced with the other three choices, and there is a 25 percent chance that the computer will select that house. Less popular houses will also benefit. If a blocking group wanted to live in Currier (which always goes random), for example, enhanced choice would allow the students to pick it as their first choice, almost guaranteeing acceptance...