"The expectation is that the exact same thingsare going to happen next year, but we won't havethe money", Liston says.

Of course, Liston and other supporters of theproposal are making a big assumption--that thisspring's council-backed events will prove moresuccessful than past efforts. Critics say thatassumption ignores the council's history ofproducing big-time flops.

Former council member Hillary K. Anger '93-'94says the council should wait to see it events likeYardfest succeed before committing itself tosponsor more of them.

"Never in the U.C.'s history" has an event ofthe magnitude of Yardfest succeeded, says Anger,who is co-chair of the Constitution Committee. Thecommittee is a group outside the council workingon a package of structural reforms for the body.

"It's not the I'm against [increased money forthe council]," Anger says. "It's an issue thatwould be better answered after [Yardfest]. I feelwe should see what happens before we have thenerve to ask for so much more money."

And Reyes says he doubts that the council iscapable of providing several big events eachsemester.

"In the fall term, we did pass a lot of thingsthat didn't come off," Reyes says. "It wasn't thatwe were saving money for big projects in thespring. The fact of the matter is that projectsfell through."

Gabay disputes that. He notes that 1,200students attended a comedy performance by AdamSandler of Saturday Night Livelast fall.That event cost the council $10,000.

Mann also says that by improving itsinstitutional memory, the council will learn fromthe mistakes of the past.

Mann, who was instrumental in signing TheyMight Be Giants, says he plans to write aninstruction manual for future councils. He saysthe book will explicitly outline how to go aboutbringing a band to campus.

As they consider a hike in the term-billfee, council members are also moving to make itmore difficult for students to waive the $20annual charge.

Presently, students can check a box on theterm-bill to recover $16.67 of the $20. Studentscan get the remaining $3.33 by writing the dean ofstudents.

But council members are pushing a measure thatwould eliminate the check box option. Instead, allstudents wanting a refund would have to write thedean of students, Liston says.

While the measure was approved by the councillast spring, the change has not yet beenconsidered by the Faculty Council. Liston says theFaculty Council may review the proposal thisspring.

But some members say the Undergraduate Councilshould not raise the term-bill fee and eliminatethe check box option at the same time.