"We are all in contact with each other and can keep up with what we're each doing," he says.

And members of the delegation said they supported having mandatory office hours.

Lowell Representative Paul A. Gusmorino '02 said he hopes the change in the Constitution will lead to more tabling.

"Now it's official, it's in the books that representatives must table," he says. "It's not just common law, so we hope to see all representatives tabling more often."

Samuel C. Cohen '00, a Lowell council member and former council vice president, voted against the change, but said he still supports mandatory tabling.

"The requirement to table is only one additional hour and is not a much greater commitment," says Cohen, who served as vice president of the UC in 1998. "Representatives should be able and willing to both table and serve office hours."