Don't Weep for 'Guts'

In the above editorial, the Crimson staff uses the lotteries in four Core classes commonly considered "guts" as evidence of the need for more Core options for students. While the staff strives toward the greater good of increased choice for students, it all but ignores the shaky footing on which its case stands.

Many of the students who were lotteried out of these classes undoubtedly chose the courses initially because of their "gut" status. Even with departmental courses offered as bypasses to the Core, students would still flock to these courses. Offered increased choice, many students will continue to choose the easiest path. While Core reform is needed, we need not weep for the students lotteried out of their precious "guts," and we certainly should not hold the Core responsible for their fates.

I shopped one of those four courses, and had I chosen to enter its lottery and lost to the odds, I would not have wanted the staff to use my laziness as a rallying point.