House Boycotts Of CRR Mount

Lowell and Winthrop Houses yesterday rejected participation in the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, bringing to eight the number of Houses refusing to select representatives to the CRR.

Forty-seven of the 216 voting in the Lowell House referendum accepted the current random selection process of sending representatives to the CRR. Fifty-five others rejected the current selection policies but voted to accept alternative means. But 114 students-almost 55 per cent of those voting-rejected all selection procedures and refused to "accept the existence" of the CRR.

The Lowell House Committee decided by consensus last night to abide by the results of the referendum, according to Neil A. Dayton '72, secretary of the committee.

Winthrop House rejected a proposal to send a nominee to the CRR under "present procedures" by a vote of 131 to 44. A second proposal to send a nominee by any process-in light of the CRR's present structure-was turned down 124 to 48. But a third question, including the proposition that some committee to "define and enforce" student and Faculty rights and responsibilities "should indeed exist", received 124 'yes' votes to 32 'no' votes.

"We tossed the third question in because the first two would have been good as snubs but not as effective as protests," said Ty Cobb '72, Winthrop House Committee chairman. "The third question shows that the House is opposed to the CRR because of the way it operates-not to the idea of having a committee to enforce these rights and responsibilities."