While the needs of undergraduates are not the primary concern of the reforms, undergraduates will benefit as well, Skocpol says.

"It doesn't seem to me that this will necessarily affect the undergraduates, except for the fact that they'll have the right TFs teaching the right courses," Skocpol says.

But the guidelines do draw accolades from Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57. "They appeared to met to be good guidelines that made sense to adopt," he says.

But while Secretary to the Faculty John B. Fox Jr. '59 says the formerly "laissez-faire" market for TFs appears to be shaping up, he also concedes there is much work left to be done.

Fox says the problem is created by the fact that Harvard allows students and professors to wait until the last possible minute to choose which courses they will take and which courses they will teach.

The ultimate solution is, of course, pre-registration, Fox says. He says that while he expects few students to support the idea, the idea is not necessarily dead.

Perhaps his warning has already been heeded. "Pre-registration would be ideal for everyone involved--professors, graduate students and undergraduates," says Graduate Student Council President Carlos A. Lopez.

"These new guidelines, while helping to ease the financial anxiety and uncertainty of graduate students, and only a temporary solution," Lopez says. "The reality is that there isn't enough teaching to go around."

U.C. Near to Closing `Giant' Concert Deal

After two earlier failures, Undergraduate Council appears close to bringing a live concert to campus.

Campus life committee member John A. Mann '92-'94 said this week that the alternative group "They Might Be Giants" had signed a contract to come to campus for an April 28 performance.

"They Might Be Giants" is known for songs such as "Istanbul" and "Particle Man." The value of the contract is $10,000.

Deals struck earlier in the year to bring "Blind Melon" and "Digable Planets" fell through. The contract for "They Might Be Giants" must be approved by the council in a vote scheduled to occur on February 13.

"It doesn't look like it will fall through," Mann said. "It looks pretty much definite."

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