Hulse said he was particularly excited about the high voter turnout from the class of 2001.

More than half of all first-years logged on to choose their council candidates, with a high of 63 percent from the Southeast Yard.

Although the races in Leverett, Lowell and Quincy houses attracted only as many candidates as there were seats, this year's election filled all of the council positions.

Last year, some houses had as many as three empty seats after the election.

The New Members

Evelyn H. Sung '00, a resident of Winthrop House, said that the extensive publicity by advocates of female and minority representation influenced her decision to run.

"I was interested in the U.C., but I wouldn't have found as much time to do it if there hadn't been so much publicity," Sung said.

As part of her platform, Sung advocated activities that would increase the interaction between different student cultural groups. Sung she she seeks to improve the diversity of the Faculty.

"A lot of the issues that I would support as a woman or an Asian-American would also benefit all students," Sung said, citing campus safety and faculty diversity as examples.

Neil Sinhababu '01 said he walked from room to room and "swallowed fire" while wearing a sign that advocated Core Curriculum reform.

"I wanted to make the experience worthwhile so they didn't think I was just bothering them," Sinhababu said.

Sinhababu said that he realized Core reform was an important issue when he first opened his course catalogue and saw how much influence the Core would have on his course schedule.

"I was just tired of complaining about the U.C., and I thought that it would be good to actually do something about it instead of just complaining about it," he said.

Alison F. Egan '01, a representative from the Canaday/Union district, said that campaigning in college is very different than in high school.

"I had a lot of fun campaigning. In high school you [didn't] have to knock on doors," Egan said. "I'm looking forward to getting to know a lot of people in my district this year."