For undergraduates looking for a place to meet with their student group, see a show or just hang out on the weekends, Loker Commons and its infamous LED board may not quite cut it.

But at last night's "town meeting" of student group leaders and Undergraduate Council members, the dream of a new and improved student center may have come one step closer to reality.

Held at the ARCO Forum, the meeting was co-sponsored by the council and the Harvard Political Union. About 40 students, including several representatives from campus publications and cultural organizations, attended the hour-long discussion.

"The student center is something everyone seems to talk about, and everyone seems to be talking about something different," said council President Noah Z. Seton '00, who opened the forum.

Seton stressed that the initiative "will require the collaboration of every student group on campus."

"Student groups are going to have to be the energy behind the initiative," he said. "To keep it moving, we need your help."

Seton and other council officers cited a lack of student group offices and performance space as the major problems the center would solve.

"These groups don't have a room with a computer and a file cabinet. They're working out of a desk. That's wrong," said Council Vice President Kamil E. Redmond '00.

Seton also said social space is another important concern.