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...also wonder why Katz says that endorsing the non-ordered choice proposal would be caving in. Most people, including Katz it seems, don't fully understand what non-ordered choice would mean for them. If we had non-ordered choice with three choices, the only difference between it and the present system would be that around percent fewer of the students would get their first choice (33 percent instead of near 50 percent) and 20 percent more of the students would get their third choice (33 percent instead of around 10 percent). Also, non-ordered choice has an added benefit...
...main thing that Katz fails to remember, though, is that Harvard is not a democracy. Although it would be nice if the Undergraduate Council had the power to decide what housing system Harvard should use, the decision will be made by Dean Jewett with advice from the house masters. I have talked to Jewett and most of the house masters about the issue, and there seems to be a consensus that Harvard needs to change its housing policy...
Having the UC endorse the present system is like having the UC endorse ending Third World hunger. Both of them might be nice statements, but neither would do anything to solve the problem...
What the UC can do, though, is try to convince the house masters to make a smaller change. I think that non-ordered choice would be preferable to what seems to be the main alternative, 100 percent randomization. Many of the house masters have said that they are interested in finding an agreeable middle ground. The way for the UC to do that is to endorse a consensus proposal and call for the house masters to choose it instead of 100 percent randomization. James M. Harmon...
Based on full consideration, Kiang said, "You would have to conclude that Asian-Americans do not have full equality in American society...