Casino Night, which may be held in Lowell House, would be a gambling event for prizes.
Council members also debated a constitutional amendment that would allow non-council members to run for president and vice president in the council's upcoming popular elections.
Constitutional amendments require yes votes from three-fourths of the council's membership for approval, so Vice President Brian R. Supporters of the amendment said open elections would better represent the student body. "Let the students decide how their student body should be represented," said Treasurer Edward B. Smith III '97. The resolution outlining new popular election procedures for the president and the vice president was tabled, however, because the issue of open elections had not yet been decided. Because only 52 out of 79 council members were present, two other constitutional amendments voted on Sunday night will also be decided by phone vote. One amendment would make all language in the constitution gender-neutral. The other would give the secretary the power to reword gender-specific language in future council documents. "I think these [gender-specific] terms are archaic," said council Secretary Lamelle D. Rawlins '99, who sponsored the amendment. "We have a non-discrimination policy in the constitution and we need to follow it." Others questioned whether the secretary should have the power to change wording in council documents. "I personally am not comfortable with having my bill changed at the secretary's discretion," said council member E. Michelle Drake '97-'96, who is a Crimson editor