“It’s unbelievable to see people get excited about your music.”

Pauley says she needs to give herself the chance to test out whether she can succeed in this field. She will be living in Cambridge next year, with friends from Kirkland House, working full time as a secretary at the Business School. During the evenings and weekends, Pauley will write music. She hopes to sign on to more contracting companies, who can get her gigs across the country.

Pauley’s says her music has developed the folk singer-songwriter genre, but wants to move away from those associations. Pauley hopes that the music she writes next year will be classified more as acoustic pop.

Although Pauley has been writing music since high school, it was not until college that she began to get serious. The support she got from parents and friends inspired her to push her talents. She has no definite plans, and is excited for school to end so she can see where her music will take her.

“It's amazing that this is happening. This is the life I've wanted to live since I was a little girl.”

Paul A. Gusmorino `02

“Some people say you can’t make everyone happy, but I think you can,” says Paul A. Gusmorino III `02, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Council.

That’s not a bad motto for any president, but when trying to appease students, tutors, House masters, and Harvard administrators, trying to make everyone happy can certainly be a challenge.

This year, the Undergraduate Council saw almost unprecedented success. Gusmorino’s docket of successful projects include starting UC Books, pushing for universal keycard access, UC Boxes, and extended party hours. Under his leadership, the newly-founded Concert Commission kicked off their inaugural concert and the UC has begun to take on a new reputation.

But with Gusmorino’s motto, accomplishing each project requires lots of consensus and thoughtful consideration. Take for example, Gusmorino’s approach to convincing the administration to extend party hours. While most students would probably like to see parties until 2 am, Gusmorino recognizes that there are some tutors with young children and other students who might be bothered by the later parties, which brings more noise.

“The solution,” says Gusmorino, “is to ask students to be more considerate. It’s a compromise they should be willing to make.”

Gusmorino, an all-around friendly and genuinely nice guy, brings his consideration to his job. He takes into account each party’s best interest, and looks for feasible solutions, rather than just highlighting the problem, which is what Councils and presidents have done in the past.

Gusmorino’s term is only half-way done; on the agenda are CUE guides for concentrations, a cell-phone plan for Harvard students, and revamping the reputation of the UC.

“This is the time [to reform the UC],” he says. “We inherited the Council half-way through this year, but next September we can set the tone.”