<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Thank you Kenney et al for raising all these issues. I grappled with similar problems last year, and indeed am feeling some repercussions this year. I certainly hope some progress can be made to facilitate students' journeys through their MFA program, on all three fronts -- administratively, academically and creatively. I believe the grad advisers this year are, Chris Abani on the creative writing side, and Rikerby Hinds on the playwriting/screenwriting side. Also, the new department chair is Chuck Whitney. --Val Stulman</FONT></HTML>