At her first meeting ever, Davis began hercouncil career with an unannounced bid for thepresidency.

"It was mostly symbolic, because two-thirds ofthe council was new," she said. "I wanted to getout the message that we could make a break andbecome a new council."

Justin C. Label '97 says he voted for Davis forpresident and again in her unsuccessful bid forchair of the Student Affairs Committee.

Label says Davis "appealed very strongly to newmembers."

But today, many of Davis' one-time supporterson the council oppose her, largely because of herantagonistic behavior in recent weeks.

"I suppose if she was really interested inthose issues, if she wanted to use them foranything other than her political gain, she wouldhave brought them [up through the council]," Labelsays. "But I really don't think she does."

A Stormy Council Term

Council members relating stories about Davismost often tell about her refusal to apply for aseat on the Reevaluation Committee, whosemembership is split evenly between council membersand non-council members.

And Davis most likely would have been acceptedto the committee since only six delegates appliedfor the five seats reserved on the committee forcouncil members.

But Davis says she was upset that the councilrefused to open the committee to anyone who wantedto join.

"It's not about me," she says of her refusal tosubmit an application. "It's about ourconstituents being represented."

While on the council, Davis publicly referredto the members of the committee as Gabay's"cronies," and described the committee as being"anti-reform."

John Mann '92-'94, a Re-evaluation Committeemember who voted against Gabay in the fall,disagrees with Davis' assessment.

"Everyone on that committee has their ownagenda," Mann says. "We're all from differentangles."

Mann calls Davis' criticism of the committeehypocritical.