At last night's meeting, the council alsorejected a more minor reform proposal that wouldhave created permanent Student Affairs Committeetask forces to address key campus issues.

The bill's opponents said the subcommitteesshould be created and dismantled on a case-by-casebasis instead.

Spending Our Money

The council also heard a report from the ad-hoccommittee that was established to decide what todo with the $40,000 of recently discovered councilfunds.

While the council will not actually vote on howto use the money until next semester, the ad hoccommittee offered six separate proposals, which itranked in order of preference.

The proposal that was most highly recommendedby the committee would create a $25,000 fund forlarge, expensive campus-wide events, which wouldgive $1,000-$2,000 to as many as four events ayear.

Other highly recommended suggestions includedspending $5,000 to replace the council's soundsystem and pledging $30,000 to the University as adown payment on a student center.

Advocates of the student center proposal saidthe grant may be the only way to draw theUniversity's attention to students' wishes.

"By their own wits, it will never occur to themto create a student center," said outgoing CouncilPresident Beth A. Stewart '00.

Members of the ad hoc committee said theyintended to host a forum for students to expresstheir views on the $40,000 question before thecouncil makes its decision.

The End of an Era

At the close of last night's meeting, Stewartoffered her final words of wisdom to the council.

She said she was proud of her tenure aspresident, which took steps toward universalkeycard access and cable television in the Houses,and brought about improvements such as fly-bylunches, frozen yogurt in Annenberg and thecreation of a new $25,000 student activities fundby the College.

In the future, she said, council members shouldnot criticize the council or each other in publicsettings, because doing so diminishes respect forthe council.

And she said council members should have funand become friends.

"Hang out in the UC office, go out toPinnochio's after meetings...play truth or dare,maybe get naked," she said.

Cohen's advice was less suggestive: "Foremostin my mind, I'd like to see this council make aconcerted effort for the creation of a studentcenter," he said