The Princeton junior is a member of the TerraceClub, one of seven clubs which admit by lotteryrather than specific selection. The other fiveclubs choose their future members after a seriesof social events or interviews.

"I've really benefited from a selective eatingclub," said Princeton senior Michael L. Huskins, amember of the Tiger Inn, which does not choose itsmembers by the lottery system. "But it's divisivebecause you're definitely isolated in your club."

The report was issued not because of immediateconcerns about, but as a tool to "promotediscussion and thought," said Assistant Dean ofStudents Sandy Silverman.

"I don't even know that there's a timetable forthis discussion," she said.

She and Malkiel stressed that the report merelyproposed an idea, and that changes are not yetbeing contemplated.

"We're not talking about the near-term," shesaid. "I think we're talking about preserving thestrengths of the eating clubs...and at the sametime extending the options [to undergraduates]that we make available