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This April, the College released the first set of blocking group data, which showed an upward trend in the number of large blocking groups after randomization, particularly those at or near the upper limit of 16 people. The data indi- cated that this year, there were 28 blockinggroups with the maximum number of 16 students,significantly more than in the previous threeyears...
Kirkland resident Young K. Lee '99 says hisblock of 14 has come to be called "The Up withPeople Blocking Group" and "The AdmissionsFacebook Blocking Group" because they are suchtight friends to this day. Lee and his blockmatesfrequently eat dinner together, and last week theywere planning to take one last trip--to Martha'sVineyard--as a group...
...were able to bring a lot more people inthat way, which we couldn't guarantee because ofrandomization," Weinberg-Wolf says. Like Lee'sblocking group, hers has remained close. Sheets ofposterboard containing inside jokes from theirfour years together cover the wall of one of thegroup's suites...
...After randomization,] people put a lot ofemphasis on who they're blocking with," says FrankE. Pacheco '99, a former House Committee chair inAdams House. "You end up with a group of 16 peoplewho are really good friends and those groups havestuck together and defined the social cliques allthe way through for a lot of people...
That same fall, a group of mostly olderstudents formed the Progressive UndergraduateCouncil Coalition (PUCC), which swept thecouncil's fall elections and relentlessly pursueda progressive political agenda. Lamelle D. Rawlins'99, a first-year who had signed up for PUCC underthe fall term registration tent, ran for studentbody secretary at the council's first meeting andwon. The role catapulted Rawlins to vice presidenther sophomore year, and to president the next. Shewas the first woman to hold that office...