"We must move forward," Price added. "We seek and exist for the search for veritas."

Olivia Verma '00 won the position of treasurer over Sterling P.A. Darling '01.

Verma said that she hoped to improve the council's newsletter, Veritas, which is sent to the student body.

The secretary also takes minutes at council meetings and maintains the council's Web site.

Verma also said that she would like to produce more professional and consistent posters for the council.

Beth A. Stewart '00 won the highly contested office of treasurer.

The other four candidates were Brian J. Chan '99, Steven N. Chang '01, Steven J. Mitby '00 and Marc Stad '01.

Stewart, who served as the treasurer last semester, asked council members to vote for her to ensure a "relatively seemless transition." She also is proficient at Quicken.

The council's executive board, comprising the four top officers, dockets legislation for Council meetings, enacts temporary by-laws, allocates up to $2,000 for publicity expenses and decides whether or not to expel members who have more than five absenses.

Diversity Efforts

Grace Y. Shieh '99, co-president of AAA, said she feels her organization's efforts to promote Asian-American candidates have paid off.

"I'm glad that more Asian Americans feel that the political environment is more comfortable, that they feel they can change the U.C.," Shieh said.

"The apathy before was the idea that this [council] is a body that doesn't represent them," Shieh added.

According to Shieh, the council's difficulties in diversifying are common to all broad organizations.

"A lot of women who are very strong would rather be involved in RUS, and it's the same way with Asian students," Shieh said. "I chose AAA because their interests were my interests," she added.