But not all tutors fit that description, andthe present process for training race relationstutors is fairly haphazard.

"We get training as teaching fellows," saysJulian P. Chang '86, Cabot House race relationstutor. "We don't get training on how to do thethings the University is asking us to do."

The tutors meet with Assistant Dean HildaHernandez-Gravelle on a weekly basis, but themeetings, some say, are not attended by all thetutors.

And though a number of tutors spend much timeand effort arranging forums, talking with studentsand facilitating dialogue, commitment to suchefforts varies widely by house.

Similarly, students involved with campus groupsformed to promote good race relations offer moreideas which could help advance Epps' goal ofincreasing student involvement.

An increase in student roles in setting racerelations agendas could come through open officehours with Epps specifically for such concerns,suggested Susan Y. Tien '93, a member of theMinority Student Alliance.

Michael W. Eckenberg '95, a Students at HarvardAgainst Racism and Ethnocentrism (SHARE)coordinator, said he thinks the group's outreachconversations often prove valuable, as studentsbring out concerns in an atmosphere ofconfidentiality.

"Obviously, there is a need [for dialogue] interms of the type of shit that goes on in racerelations on this campus," he said. for SHAREmembers, weekly discussions with familiar peopleon race relations issues are extremely important,he said.

Such discussions in the houses are not alwayswell-attended, he said. "If more people were aware[of them], it would help us a great deal.