Word: first
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most importantly, the editors have overmoralized the whole randomization issue. In relying on divisive steretypes, they dismiss the practical and personal factors which influence a first-year's housing preferences...
Despite sloppy play in the first half and a frustrating finish, there were bright spots for the Crimson. Junior guard Beth Wambach played an outstanding second half, finishing with 27 points on 5-for-7 shooting from three-point range...
...proponents of maximum diversity and full randomization believe that the current system "breeds intolerance and fear and sometimes even loathing," then why don't they call for next fall's randomization of every Harvard student--not just first-years? Or what about randomized rooming groups? These bold and obviously unpopular proposals seem consistent with the editors' desire for a homogenized housing system...
...should a paternalistic and moralistic quest for homogenization prevent first-years from enjoying some degree of choice in this very basic and very important decision...
...imagine a room full of moralistic upperclass students telling first-year students that this is the policy they support. Meet the staff of The Crimson...