Proponents of smaller blocking group size say they can better guarantee diversity by mixing smaller, uniform groups together.
"The Masters found that larger blocking groups tended not to become integrated fully into the Houses, and they skewed the representations of certain groups among the Houses," Shinagel wrote.
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Martin S. Bell '03, who also signed the petition, said, "[The decision] is an inconvenience for a lot of people. It seemed to get a lot of people more upset than it was worth."