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...quiz: What’s a convenient way for the administration to fix an unprecedented housing crunch in the upperclass houses without taking the unattractive steps of spending money on new housing or reducing the size of incoming first-year classes...
While Dean Lewis’ goal of raising the academic requirements for first-years is laudable, the faculty would do better to institute a policy that takes into account the individual needs of those first-years who do not meet upperclass standards...
...council also gave its approval to a change in academic requirements, advocated by Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, that would bring standards for first-years in line with those for upperclass students...
...full Faculty approves the change, it will be reversing its 1997 decision to keep requirements for first-years more lenient than those for upperclass students...
...access provides to first-years is another, albeit less important, reason to provide them with this privilege. First-years will no longer have to endure long waits outside House entrances trying to visit friends, go to meetings or attend parties. Wider keycard access will also remove the burden for upperclass students who have to descend to their Houses’ outer doors to let in their friends. Making Houses accessible to first-years will make all lives easier and remove the unnecessary barrier between first-years and their upperclass peers...