Selamawi H. Asgedom '99 hopes to bring an element of fun to the Undergraduate Council. "I want to make the council a much funner, livelier place," he says.

Asgedom believes that the council's leadership is responsible for setting the tone for the entire group. To lighten the overall mood of the organization, he plans to tell jokes.

Asgedom, a Pforzheimer resident, has spent his first year on the council serving on the Student Affairs Committee. He is also involved with the KUUMBA singers, the Black Men's Forum and dorm crew.

Many people talked about how the election of Robert M. Hyman '98 and Lamelle D. Rawlins '99 as the Undergraduate Council president and vice president, respectively, in the campus' first-ever popular elections last spring combined two candidates whose records complemented each other perfectly.

Rawlins is hoping that she and her running mate of this year, Michael A. O'Mary '99, can match the success she enjoyed with Hyman. O'Mary is a first-year member of the council, but already boasts a burgeoning record.

"To some extent, it's only natural that we highlight Lamelle's record because she has sponsored so many things," O'Mary says. "[But] on the same token, it's not like I have nothing in my record."

O'Mary mentions shuttles to Logan Airport over Thanksgiving break and the Student Leader Summit as legislation he is particularly proud of.

O'Mary styles himself as a political novice next to Rawlins but says that he still has a lot to offer. Thus, O'Mary says that theirs is the ideal ticket.

"Lamelle and I agree on the direction the U.C. should be taking," he says. "We agree on practically all the issues."

Mark A. Price '98 is known around the Undergraduate Council as the "keeper of the sound system." Now he wants to be its vice president.

Price, a Quad resident, is pitching issues of importance to those students living north of Harvard Yard. He wants increased shuttle service and better campus security.

"Security is definitely a big thing in the Quad because of all the recent incidents," Price said.

He's running on a ticket with Elizabeth A. Haynes '98. The duo stresses many of the same issues, including the creation of a multicultural center and increased communication between the council and its constituents.

He specifically would like to see more frequent feedback from the council in the form of biweekly newsletters. "This way, students actually see what's going on."

Price was a member of the council's Finance Committee his first semester and part of the Campus Life Committee the next.