Word: grouping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...particularly politicians, to educate themselves about Puerto Rico's history and its complicated relationship with the United States, as well as about the status and treatment of Puerto Ricans in the United States today, has turned into yet another opportunity to point fingers, sling mud, and vilify a particular group of Americans...
Their e-mail accounts have been activated and they've registered for classes, but a small group of visiting students still lacks what most Harvard undergraduates take for granted--housing...
...random is random enough? Last week, in an effort to better realize the intent of randomized housing Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 announced that blocking group sizes would be slashed in half from 16 to 8. Lewis expressed his hope that the change would lead to more social mixing and help better integrate students into house life...
...long as we accept the goals of randomization, we must also support this latest move to reduce blocking group size. Sixteen-person blocking groups were simply too large. Rather than selecting a small group of potential roommates to enter the lottery with, many undergraduates sought to enter their new Houses with an entire social circle already intact. This represented a great obstacle to social mixing and has inhibited the development of a new, post-randomization House life. The ability to block with all of your friends certainly makes one feel safer and more secure, but the comfort of the individual...
Smaller blocking groups will force undergraduates to reconsider the purpose of the blocking group and reinvigorate House communities. Students will branch out within their Houses and make the effort to establish new circles of acquaintances. Some may be frustrated at having to do some of the work of their first year all over again, but in the end, we are confident that all will find it rewarding, and more importantly, that we will collectively be better...