"I don't really know how to deal with it," Negin said. "House Committee has tried to embrace people coming in, but it's not possible to keep everybody happy."

"People are just not feeling as engaged in their communities because they didn't really choose them," Eliot House Committee Co-Chair Veronica D. Matthews '99 said. "This semester we're trying to focus on doing more things with the money we have."

In recent discussions at Mather House, the clash between seniors and younger, randomized students posed a similar problem for the Mather HoCo. The controversy arose between seniors who predominantly chose the courtyard as the ideal (and traditional) location for the spring formal and randomized sophomores and juniors hoping for a new location.

"That's the one place where we've seen the randomization debate kind of crystalizing around," said Sujit M. Raman '99, a member of the Mather Committee for the Class of 2000.

Then there are Houses that are attempting to reach a happy medium in the wakeof the transition to randomization. Kirkland,previously known as an athletically inclinedhouse, has sponsored both traditional and newevents this year.

"I think we're making a concerted effort tomaintain old House tradition and spirit while sortof branching out and doing new things that fit thenew diverse community," said Ryan T. Heslop '99,chair of Kirkland House Committee.

Heslop cited the challenge of maintainingKirkland's traditional characterpost-randomization.

Like Matthews, Heslop said HoCo projects canonly work with House support. From stein clubs tointramurals, he said the committee will workincorporate new students while realizing that theHouse is changing, although he admitted that, "Youcan't force old ways on new folks.