Should the referendum pass after the votes are tallied on Saturday afternoon, the issue will next go to the Faculty Council and then the general Faculty meeting for a final decision.
It remains unclear whether or not the Faculty will take up the issue at its May meeting. Mahan says it is more likely that if the referendum passes, the Faculty will decide on the fee hike next year, meaning the proposed change would not be implemented until 2004-2005 school year.
Anello says he believes that despite the sometimes hostile nature of recent meetings, council members will be able to prevent the issue from affecting their personal relationships.
“I know that I’m not going to stop talking to the people,” Anello says. “With most of them, we’ve been able to reconcile the differences.”
—Staff writer Jeffrey C. Aguero can be reached at aguero@fas.harvard.edu.