He proposes spending $10,000 on a "Fallfest" to take place in the Quad, $10,000 on Springfest and redistributing the remaining $10,000 to House Committees for their own use.

According to Barkley's campaign manager, Quincy House council representative Jeffrey A. Letalien '01, student groups have suffered as the council has completed several projects over budget.

"People always ask me why so much more money is spent on Springfest and why we can't do better things to improve campus life." Letalien says.

Barkley's aversion to any political agendas for the Council places him among the camp often dubbed conservatives. But Barkley says such a tag is misleading, since "the conservative label in real life means something most people [at Harvard] don't like, but in U.C. it's something most people do like."

Letalien says the label goes against everything Barkley stands for.

"It's inappropriate to label him ["conservative"] because the U.C. should not be about politics," Letalien says. "When the focus was on political movements, students services fell apart."

Todd E. Plants '01, an Eliot House council representative who ran for president in last year's election, says Barkley has proven himself to be a competent treasurer. But Plants says he wonders whether Barkley has "pigeon-holed himself too successfully" as a conservative to have a broad appeal.