Word: upperclasses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...done just that, spearheading efforts to change Harvard's annual housing lottery to make the system more random. Last year, he raised cries for blood among first-year students by pushing through a system of "nonordered choice" in which rising sophomores are randomly assigned to one of the four upperclass Houses they select on their housing form...
...smoker. Surely residential diversity is a laudable goal when it brings together different races and cultures. But bringing together smokers and non-smokers at the expense of the non-smokers' health is hardly a logical extension of this thinking. First-year dormitories already have non-smoking entryways. Non-smoking upperclass students should have the same option...
...That was done, and the evidence was prettyoverwhelming that there was discrimination," saysNewdick, citing the percentage of tenured womenfaculty and the Radcliffe Union of Students surveyreport in which 67 percent of upperclass womenstudents reported experiencing sexism in theclassroom...
...Make a trip to one of the upperclass houses. The residential system is one of the more unique characteristics of the school. The first phase is the most exciting. As a first-year student in the Yard, you will be in the center of Harvard life. You'll meet an incredible number of people and can literally roll out of bed into class. House life offers you a special place in an intellectual and social community. There are intramural sports and dances, and there are always residential tutors available to offer guidance or to shoot some pool...
...statistics still have not swayed many first years, who are complaining they are being deprived of the right to choice upperclass students have...