Lurie said he was disheartened by how few colleagues on the Council supported his cause. Although he says he still feels that the HRCF’s constitution was “wrong,” he is not sure if he will pursue this matter next year.

For Lurie, however, the most memorable event of the past year was his first girlfriend, a fellow science concentrator.

Aside from this personal milestone, Lurie said he will also remember this year for the HRCF affair and for his unsuccessful bid for the presidency of the Council.

“I was 99 percent sure that Rohit [Chopra ’04] was going to win,” says Lurie about his failed presidential run. “I ran to try to bring these issues to the forefront of campus debate. If we are not going to stand up for what we believe in as a council then…the College is not going to take us seriously.”

Lurie is also vice president of Demon magazine and an officer in both Students for Healthy Babies and the Harvard Secular Society.

He says he’s not sure what his role will be in next year’s council.

“I’m really kind of burned out,” he said. “Maybe I’ll run for the council again. Maybe I’ll run for president. Maybe I’ll apply to be on the Committee on College Life. Who knows? Maybe I’ll fade away from public life.”