Departments not Represented: Anthropology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Biophysics, Business Economics, Chemical Physics, Chemical and Chemical Biology, Economics, Engineering and Applied Sciences, English, Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Medical Science, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Economy and Government, Psychology, Public Policy, Regional Studies-East Asia, Romance Languages, Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Slavic Languages, Sociology, Statistics, Study of Religion.

Order of Business

1. Announcements
   • GSC Conference Grants: The last round of Conference Grants will be award soon, as will the Summer Research Grants. The deadline for both of these is May 4.
   • GSC Meeting with President Rudenstine, Provost Fineberg, Dean Wolff, and Dean Gill: Monday, April 13, 1998. All graduate students are invited to this meeting, which will take place from 4:00-5:00pm in the Perkins Room of Massachusetts Hall.
   
   
2. Matters Arising from the minutes of March 1998 meeting.
   
   • The 1998 NAGPS Northeast Regional Conference was held at Harvard March 13-15. Representatives from 15 universities attended. Highlights of the convention were presentations by Dudley House's own Ellen Fox, Susan Zawalich, and Garth McCavana, a workshop on the NAGPS legislative lobby, and a mega-cool party at Tufts.
   • The Statement of Graduate Student Rights was discussed at a recent meeting of the GSC officers with Deans Wolff and Gill. After revisions, this document will be presented to the Committee on Graduate Education.
   
   
3. Committee Updates
   • The Committee on Graduate Education ( CGE) has not met since the last meeting.
   • Our graduate student representatives on the FAS Library Committee met with the Science Librarian for Harvard College, and mentioned several of the concerns voiced by Graduate Students.
   • The Harvard Graduate Council will have a Fun Run on Saturday, May 18 at the Harvard Business School, beginning at 10:00am. Registration is $10 in advance or $15 day-of-event. Proceeds will benefit Outdoor Explorations. That very evening, the Frank Sinatra Martini Party will be held from 8:00pm-2:00am at the Playhouse, 36 Lansdowne Street. Tickets are $10.
   
   
4. Elections for the 1998-99 academic year:
   • President: Carlos Lopez (Sanskrit)
   • Vice President: Elgin Eckert (Classics)
   • Secretary: Stephanie Abundo (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning)
   • Treasurer: Laurie Littlepage (Medical Sciences)
   • Facilities Officer: Adam Fagen (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
   • Representatives to the Committee on Graduate Education (CGE):
     • Carlos Lopez (as president)
     • Adam Fagen
     • Paul Callan (Physics)
     • Christine Murasaki Millett (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
     • Ian Richmond (Celtic Languages and Literatures)
   • Representatives to the FAS Library Committee:
     • Stanislaus Wong (Chemisty and Chemical Biology)
     • Elizabeth Richardson (Health Policy)
     • Alternate: Lisa Laskin (History)
   • Representative to the FAS Information Technology Committee: Tom Jenkins (Classics)
   • Representatives to the Harvard Graduate Council:
     • Elgin Eckert
     • Adam Fagen
   • GSC Budget Committee:
     • Laurie Littlepage (as treasurer)
     • Todd Bodner (Psychology)
     • Carlos Lopez
     • Charissa Terranova (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning)
     • Ann Bragg (Astronomy)
   • Graduate Student Health Advisory Committee
     • Chair: Alicia Walker (Fine Arts)
     • Stephanie Abundo
     • Elgin Eckert
     • Christine Murasaki Millett
     • April James (Music)
     • Charles McLaughlin (Regional Studies-Russia, East Asia, and Central Europe)
   
   
5. Treasurer's Report. Nothing to report since the last GSC meeting.
   
6. Meeting with President Rudenstine
   Discussion of agenda items for discussion with President Rudenstine, Provost Fineberg, Dean Wolff, and Dean Gill

   
   

Respectfully Submitted,
Matthew Leingang
GSC Treasurer (lame duck)