Over the click of pool balls and the din of students flying by, candidates for the presidency and vice presidency of the Undergraduate Council faced off yesterday in Loker Commons at the second of two debates before the polls close.

Students can vote for candidates and on two referenda--on decreasing the size of the council and increasing its funding--until midnight tomorrow night by typing ucvote at the fas% prompt.

In response to questions from the audience, this year's crop of candidates explained why they would be effective campus leaders and what they would do to make students at Harvard happier.

Fentrice D. Driskell '01 stressed that her cause celebre--the "Visions Project" and Harvard Census 2000--would clarify what, exactly, students wanted from their college experience.

"A lot of students don't feel connected to the community as a whole," she said. " They're in their own niche."

But Frank X. Leonard '01 disagreed with Driskell's platform, saying that her attempt to foster a single Harvard community is unrealistic and doesn't appeal to the student body at large.

"[Students at Harvard] have their own activities and their own interests," he said. "I'm not saying that's a good or a bad thing, but it's a reality."

Leonard said his presidency would focus on "practical" community building events.