"Harvard's payments to the city are wholly inadequate. They are simply not anything like what they should be," Cyr says.

Next, Cyr says Harvard Real Estate has damaged Cambridge's real estate market by buying up land around Harvard Square for commercial purposes.

"They are looking at institutional needs 40 years down the road," Cyr says.

Although Cyr may have a bone to pick with Harvard Real Estate, he says Harvard students are a positive force in Cambridge.

"They bring a certain kind of commitment and compassion to the city," Cyr says.

Francis H. Duehay '55 has spent most of his 22 years on the Cambridge city council defending the environment.

Duehay, who is endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association, has worked to keep the water supply at Fresh Pond clean and to prevent the construction of Scheme Z, a 16-lane, 11-story highway interchange slated for construction through East Cambridge.

But despite his environmental concerns, Duehay does not oppose development altogether.

"We have had a very rocky history of neighborhoods fighting development," Duehay says. "If we continue the pattern, we're going to lose the kind of development that we want and the kind of jobs that we want."

The 60-year-old Neighborhood Ten resident also favors town-gown cooperation, or better relations between the city and Harvard.

Duehay says that in previous campaigns he has personally visited all Harvard students registered to vote in Cambridge and that he hopes to do the same this year.

Duehay, who is on the Phillips Brooks House Association advisory committee, says many students do not realize how much power they wield. "They're a very important part of the constituency," Duehay says.

Duehay says it is important to recognize that Harvard is not compelled to make a payment in lieu of taxes to the city. However, he thinks Harvard should give more money to Cambridge.

If Harvard paid the full tax rate, Cambridge would get $30 million more annually, he says. "I think we should get more money, and I think Harvard could afford it," he says.

Galit Dukach, 24, says local government should be a part-time job.