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November, 1988--Masters propose plan to set aside 25 percent of participating houses' space for random assignment...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 yesterday announced he will reverse last month's decision to increase random assignments in the freshman housing lottery...
...plan, a compromise forwarded last fall by masters split over the merits of diversity or house autonomy, would have reserved 25 percent of the space available in participating houses for random assignment. Eight masters decided to join the experiment...
Leverett House Master John E. Dowling '57, a strong advocate of the experiment, said he was disappointed that plans to increase random assignment will be delayed for a year...
Jewett said that he was influenced by studentarguments that a random system should be used inall houses and that 25 percent is too small anumber to influence house diversity...