Among the “weirder” moments, Chopra said, was a call he received from University President Lawrence H. Summers the morning after he had secured the council presidency.

Chopra joked that Summers mispronounced his name in a variety of different ways during the conversation, even after Chopra had corrected him.

“Rajeed, how are you?” Chopra said, mimicking one of Summers’ botched attempts.

Chopra and Stannard-Friel both stressed the importance of toning down arguments between council members, especially during election season.

“The best politics of all is that of being a good friend, a good neighbor and also generally being a good person without an agenda,” Chopra said.

But Chopra acknowledged that making friends wasn’t his main priority.

“I know I can be very tough to work for. I am pushy, demanding and aggressive and that’s on a good day. And I’m sorry for that at times,” Chopra said, who has in the past, been accused by other council members of micromanagment.

During the meeting, Chopra and Stannard-Friel’s friends and fellow council members thanked them profusely for their work over the past year.

“[Chopra and Stannard-Friel] are the two people that I admire more than anyone else, probably in the world,” said Sheila R. Adams ’05, who served as co-chair of the Student Affairs Committee.

“I love Rohit. I really do,” she added.

Council members said that working with Chopra and Stannard-Friel had been a tremendous learning experience.

Jack P. McCambridge ’06 said that he wondered what Chopra was going to do with all of his extra free time.

“I really have no idea what you’re going to do without any mini-deans to piss off,” McCambridge said.

McCambridge also thanked Chopra for “being brave enough to tell Larry Summers, ‘This is not the right thing,’ [and] ‘to shove it.’”

Matthew W. Mahan ’05 and Michael R. Blickstead ’05 will be sworn in next month as president and vice president of the council, respectively.