Six incumbents, including outgoing Secretary Randall A. Fine '96, failed to win seats in last week's Undergraduate Council elections.
The list of 84 students who won slots, however, does include four veterans who said they intend to run for council president.
Outgoing Chair Michael P. Beys '94 placed second in Mather House, while presidential challenger and outgoing Treasurer Carey W. Gabay '94 topped the ballot in Quincy House. Melissa Garza '94 was bested by only one competitor in Winthrop House, and Mark D. McKay '94 claimed Winthrop House's fourth council slot after transferring from Kirkland House.
Under the council's new constitution that was approved last spring, the title of chair has been changed to president. Council members will elect their new president at the first general meeting this Sunday.
Fine, who has recently been the subject of investigations regarding his conduct as a council executive, lost his re-election bid in North House.
Beys chastised voters for their rejection of Fine. "The loss of Randy Fine is a huge loss for the student body," he said yesterday.
"Randy was so effective and he got so much accomplished," Beys added. "But at a place like Harvard where everybody is used to being a leader, I guess that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way."
McKay, however, disputed Fine's contributions to the council. "I don't think we're going to miss Randy," he said.
The election results were announced Saturday. Election supervisor R. Gin Lo '94, who did not run for re-election to the council, said that everything went as smoothly as possible considering the council's late start in organizing the vote.
Twenty-four women were elected, up from 21 last year. Other new faces will include those of the 21 first-year student representatives.
"I was very happy with the quality of people who were elected," Beys said. "The turnout was great--134 students ran--and I think we can see now a nice variety of people on the council."
Beys said the increased diversity of this year's council "is a sign that, despite our negative publicity, the U.C. is in vogue."
Council member Jennifer W. Grove '94 received the most votes in Kirkland House, despite her allegations that Beys tried to sabotage her campaign.
Grove said the three-day extension Extension Raised Competition "The extension made the races a lot morecompetitive and ensured that the people who wereelected were the people who really want to be onthe council, people who were out therecampaigning," she said. Read more in News
