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Earlier this year, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said that he intended to push ahead with a plan to reserve at least 50 percent of the spaces in the residential houses for random assignment, later saying that such a plan might not go into effect this year...
In an interview yesterday, Harmon defended CAR's position, saying that a compromise proposal was necessary to keepJewett from implementing a stricter plan torandomize house assignment.
"I know that pushing for the present systemwould have made me look better but it wouldn'thave stopped 100 percent randomization," saidHarmon, who is also vice chair of the council'sresidential committee. "Those who criticize me fornot being able to preserve the present systemshould wake up and realize how undemocraticHarvard...
"When the committee was first founded, Ithought it was supposed to be againstrandomization," said one student, who asked not tobe named. "But now that the UC elections are over,it seems that the formation of that group was moreof a political move by Jamie Harmon."
But Harmon said that if CAR had supported thecurrent housing system, Jewett and the housemasters would have eventually moved toward fullrandomization. He said that after Jewett releasedstatistics showing a lack of diversity in thehouses last month, it became clear that the housemasters would not support the current system.