"You're right, the role of the vice president is very poorly defined," said Patel, in response to a question from Andre V. Moura '03, the Election Commission representative who moderated the debate.

Wikler said he would act as an intermediary to bring student groups and council members together to work on joint projects.

"Within the council, the vice president's job is mostly administrative--taking attendance. I can do that, I've had some experience with that in high school," he chuckled.

Tenney said she and Leonard sat down and worked out a role for her on council before she agreed to run--she will be in charge of lobbying council members to vote on particular bills.

"[When Leonard asked me to run], I asked him, 'what do I get out of it? Am I just going to tow your line?'" she said.

All of the vice presidential candidates said they would likely have a healthy working relationship with whoever won the presidential election.

"I really feel there's a lot of common ground on the council, despite all the infighting," Tenney said.