Player, who was elected to the Faculty Committee on Advising, said she believes increased Faculty involvement would help students take advantage of the school's resources.

"As a special concentrator, I had to navigate the waters by myself," she said. "[First-years] simply have no guidance to the breadth of resources available. We need to start with the proctors and work from there [to improve advising]."

Player said she has seen students forced into an unattractive concentration at the last minute because they don't know their options.

"I lucked out, but there are so many people who don't," she said. "If people knew what was out there, then they could become more excited about their concentration."

Newly elected CUE member Jared B. Shirck '01 said he has similar concerns. While some concentrations have strong advisers, others have advisers who are virtually non-existent, he said.

"Some students haven't seen their adviser in three years," said Shirck, calling the advising system in some concentrations a "tangled knot."

Newly elected to the Committee on the Core, Stephanie L. Murg '01 plans to pursue her interest in "academic policy as a whole."