Sister Hazel won't be at Springfest next weekend, but free beer will.

The Undergraduate Council passed a bill last night to allocate $1641.20 to providing eight kegs of beer at Springfest to students over 21. The money will pay for the beer, a liquor license, extra police security and a Beverage Authorization Team (BAT).

"It's about beer; it's about fun," said Samuel C. Cohen '00, vice president of the council and a sponsor of the bill. "It's about Springfest. It's about all the ways you can have fun."

Cohen added that beer will attract students who would not be lured by the games and non-alcoholic refreshments. "There are a large quantity of students on this campus that would show up," Cohen said.

This is the first time since 1995 that beer has been served at Springfest.

Three students dissented to the bill, citing concerns about crowd control and unlawful behavior.

"It's not a good idea to take a risk that someone will drink too much and have to go to the hospital," said Rachel E. Barber '99. "We shouldn't serve people alcohol in the middle of the afternoon. [We might have] drunk hooligans going around Cambridge."

Most council members disagreed.

"I don't feel that there is a major moral issue in providing alcohol to students who want to drink in moderation," said C. Thomas Brown '98.

A BAT team will enforce the legal drinking age. Students will probably have to present ID to gain access to an enclosed area where they will remain with their drinks.

In other business, the council also approved $21,355.50 in spring grants for student groups.

"The requests were very reasonable which makes it pleasant to do finance work," said Robert S. Schwartz '00, chair of the Finance Committee. "We were able to some-what fulfill the requests."

Each group has an advocate from the committee who works with them to prioritize their financial needs and lower their requests.

Schwartz said most groups got less money than they applied for because the Council does not have the budget to give every group the amount of money it needs.

The Environmental Action Com- mittee asked for $2000 but only received agrant of $350. The group requested money toalleviate the expenses of Earth Day.

Council members debated the $650 allocation forAIDS Education Outreach and the $200 allocationfor the Parade of Stars.