STUDENTS AGREE: ADMINISTRATORS ARE AVAILABLETO CHAT, IF NOT TO ACT

Perhaps learning from the mistakes of 1969,present-day administrators appease students byopening their doors. Students who meet regularlywith the administration all agree; they can get inwhen they have to.

"I meet with administrators up to two or threetimes a week. It's not hard to make appointments.They're usually pretty accessible," Label says.

"It might be different for average students tomeet with them, though, because there are projectsthat they want to be involved with and want todiscuss," he says.

John B. King '95, president of Phillips BrooksHouse, agrees. "I find all the administratorspretty accessible," he says.

THE SPECIFICS ON BUELL EPPS, GREEN, JEWETT,KNOWLES, RUDENSTINE AND WILSON

Although the administrators all emphasize theiraccessibility and eagerness to meet with students,the methods for reaching any one of them arehighly varied and erratic. Epps, Jewett, PresidentNeil L. Rudenstine and Radcliffe President LindaS. Wilson hold office hours--when they're in town.Buell, Knowles and Wilson request appointments.Green, riding the electronic superhighway, iseasily accessible by e-mail and in fact encouragescommunication via the Internet. Some of the aboveadministrators will respond to written request byfax. All have secretaries blocking the way.

Jewett's office is open on Thursday afternoonfrom 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

"People can just walk in," he says.

Jewett is so dedicated to keeping his Thursdaysfree that he returned a Crimson reporter's phonecall at home last Wednesday night so his officehours would not be interrupted.

Epps' office hours are 2 to 4 p.m..Rudenstine's are once a month at varying times;students must sign up for a slot one hour ahead oftime. Wilson's are held at 4:15 p.m. on oneWednesday each month.

Other administrators, though, require thatstudents make appointments. Buell had "deanly"office hours last year," but a single block wasrestrictive. Instead, I encourage my assistant tomake appointments when students find itnecessary," he says.

Buell also returned a Crimson reporter's phonecall the night an interview was requested.

"I would welcome hearing from students andlistening to what they feel are the pressingconcerns," Buell says. "When I have particularissues I want student opinions on, I find out byasking the students I teach, or through the CUEcommittee, which I chair."

Last year, he scheduled one meal at each housewith groups of concerned students. He decided notto continue the program this year, because "Ididn't want to be a pest."