Word: size
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...week after the College announced it would reduce the maximum size of blocking groups from 16 to eight, student leaders throughout the House system say they have heard little reaction to the policy change in their Houses, despite widely varied opinions of its merits...
According to Quincy House Committee Chair Jim P. Stewart '00, the reduction in blocking size is unnecessary, although he has long supported the theory behind randomization...
...acknowledged one of the College's primary reasons for the size reduction--that it is often difficult to engage some of the House's large, homogeneous blocking groups in community events--but said halving the size caps will not do much to alleviate the problem...
Similarly, Cohen of Lowell House said he sees little point in reducing the size of the blocking groups. He said if the House system can't effectively create community, having 16 or eight people in blocking groups will be of little importance...
...shared by the International Center for Alcohol Policies, which describes itself as "supported by eleven international beverage alcohol companies." A report of this center refers to a ten-drink measure of dangerous drinking in contrast to our five-drink measure. That's one way to drastically reduce the size of the college alcohol problem: define it out of existence...