Plus, he says, large blocking groups made it more difficult for the College to prevent "skewed" gender ratios within Houses.
Rampell and others have made counter-arguments, but Dingman and Lewis say that these have been heard, considered and rejected.
Dingman says that entirely new arguments would have to be made for him to consider a change back to larger groups.
"I don't know what it would take," he says.
Lewis goes further, saying students' efforts could be better spent.
"We don't change the housing system often or without careful consideration," Lewis writes in an e-mail message. "I am at this point far more interested in improving the quality of House life where that needs to be done than in revisiting the blocking policy."
Nobody, even Seton, expects Lewis to have a change of heart.
"The elder statesmen on the council told me that it's very unlikely," Seton admits.
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