Departments Represented: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning; Astronomy; Celtic Languages and Literature; Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Comparative Literature; EAPS; East Asian Languages and Cultures; English; Forestry; Government; Health Policy; History; History and East Asian Languages; History of Art and Architecture; History of Science; Inner Asian and Altaic Studies; Linguistics; Mathematics; Middle Eastern Studies; Music; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Philosophy; Physics; Political Economy and Government; Public Policy; Regional Studies Ð Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia; Regional Studies East Asia; Romance Languages and Literature; Sociology

• Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 1, 2000, 6:00 p.m., Graduate Student Lounge, Dudley House
• 2nd Annual GSC Excellence in Mentoring Award: Deadline for nominations is Monday, February 7, 2000, by 5:00 p.m.
• GSC Conference and Summer Research Grants: Deadline Monday, May 8, 2000. Completed applications due in the GSC Office by 5:00 p.m.
• Spring Student-Parent Brunch: Saturday, April 8, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Common Room, Dudley House
• Meeting with Provost Harvey Feinberg: Monday, March 6, 2000, 5-6 p.m., the Perkins Room, Massachusetts Hall

• Graduate Student Health Advisory Committee: It was suggested that graduate students should not have to pay the UHS fee when they are already charged a facilities fee and may have coverage under their spouse's insurance. It was brought to the attention of the group that the cost of prescription medicines beyond $750 is covered by the current health insurance scheme, and that financial aid may be available to cover other significant expenses such as travel vaccinations. The possibility of a graduate student eye-care scheme was also raised. Please address any additional ideas or concerns to the Graduate Student Health Advisory Committee representative, Alicia Walker, at awwalker@fas. Any messages received will be passed on to UHS, and are valuable in demonstrating graduate student interest in specific issues.

• FAS Library Committee: The launch of Hollis II has been further set back following the poor performance of the proposed system at another university. The issue of integrating different kinds of holdings into the Hollis catalog (photographic collections, etc.) is currently under discussion. Widener carrels are being reassigned - please pick up an envelope at your current carrel and complete the application. Preference for carrels on the sixth floor (the last to be disturbed during renovations) will be given to applicants who are at the dissertation writing stage. The Lamont tunnel is currently closed, and the Pusey tunnel is restricted. Input from graduate students into the selection of books to be sent to the Harvard Depository will be considered - please contact the librarians for further details.

• Harvard Graduate Council: Announcing the Valentine's Matchmaking Dance, Friday, February 11, 2000, at Club Envy (1 Boylston Alley, Boylston T stop). 9 PM onwards, $10 at the door, all profits to charity. Please visit the Harvard Graduate Council Web site for further details and to sign up for the Matching Service at http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~sforum/hgc/.

• Request of $1,2000 to cover expenses for the 2000 Harvard-MIT Philosophy Graduate Student Conference (an addition $1,000 will be covered by MIT). Carried.
• Request of $400 from the Harvard Graduate Student Canadian Club to cover expenses for a reception to be held at the Canadian Consulate on February 17. Carried.
• Request of $440 for operating expenses of the GSAS Women in Social Sciences Group. Carried.
• Request of $141.65 for annual operating expenses of the Harvard Arcchaeological Society. Carried.
• Request of $250 to cover expeneses for an interdisciplinary colloquium on environmental scholarship to be held by GREEN (Graduate Environmental and Ecological Network). Carried.

Please visit The National Doctoral Program Survey at http://survey.nagps.org/. This survey, run by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, is an attempt to make available information on all doctoral programs in the the United States and Canada.

At the last meeting of the GSC Executive Committee with the deans of the GSAS it was announced that a new program for post-doctoral teaching positions is under discussion, and a letter of support from the GSC for such a project was requested. After some debate a consensus was reached that more specific information was required before the GSC could endorse this proposal.

The motion to introduce "waveables" at GSAS Commencement was defeated.