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...must reluctantly confess that so far randomization hasn't been nearly as bad as expected. Rooming problems remain an issue for some, but the administration has done all right. No, nothing is ever perfect but it appears that the stated goals of randomization will be accomplished. People will always transfer for a variety of reasons but the decline in transfers is significant. Houses will have no concrete identity, rather each new class will change the identity the class before built. The houses will continually change and many of us will grow to be proud of the quirkiness...
...parents are?" Some houses have had no noticeable effect on their populations after randomization, sophomores merging into the dining hall effortlessly. On the other hand, jokes about the decreasing size of Matherites are growing old. Some students were pleased with their houses, others were anxious for the opportunity to transfer...
...many fronts randomization has been a success. Transfer requests went down this year. Whether this decrease is due to the lack of house choice offered in the process or whether everyone is too thrilled about their homes to change is debatable. However, because of randomization, it's not clear where one would transfer to. Sure, if you hate your roommates and your new best friend lives in Quincy it's easy. For the dissatisfied at the Quad there is an incentive to transfer just to be nearer to more people. But what if you're just looking for a different...
...Putting transfers aside, what else has randomization changed? One aspect is that there are less options for roommates. Many students have been less than satisfied with this year's bunch of roomies, while others will take time off next year, setting off ripples in the often precarious living situations many pleasantly neurotic Harvard students find themselves in. Randomization has effectively cut down the options if one wants to live with different people but not necessarily transfer out of the house. In the past, several blocking groups of friends could have chosen the same houses. If a living situation blew...
...enough when Scottish researchers cloned a sheep named Dolly and commentators started writing about virgin births and Frankenstein. But then one week later, researchers at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center let it be known that they had cloned a pair of rhesus monkeys, named Neti (for nuclear embryo transfer infant) and Ditto, that squinted in the glare of the TV lights and clung to each other for dear life...