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...Class of 2001 is an exceptional and extraordinary class indeed--or, if they didn't arrive at Harvard that way a year ago, they certainly became one very shortly thereafter. After halogen lamps were banned in all Yard dormitories in September of 1997 (though still permitted in upperclass Houses), students found themselves faced with a simple choice. They could sit in the dark, eat large quantities of carrots or develop previously nonhuman powers of sonar detection and echolocation to get around their abysmally lit rooms...
...campus that converted three years ago to randomized housing for upperclass students, these skewed distributions blatantly conflict with the official College line--in addition to the handbook's description of the ideal first-year room...
...aims in freshman rooming find their counterpart in the randomization of the upperclass Houses, a policy which the FDO welcomed and we continue to support," wrote Dean of Freshman Elizabeth Studley Nathans in an e-mail to The Crimson...
...effort not to upset the 5 percent of first-years who live in program houses, Cornell's new housing plan eliminates first-years' choice, entails a $200 million expenditure, risks turning West Campus into a ghost town while overcrowding North and forces both first-years and those upperclass students who want or need to reside on campus to live in less-than-ideal conditions...
...think telling these disgruntled upperclass students that they are living in "residential colleges--like they have at Harvard!" is much consolation. MICHAEL E. CAPEL Washington...