"I might not know what's best for Harvard but we do need change," he adds.

Hill hopes that the administration will help in the reorganizational process, but he further asserts that the council's successor should be essentially student-run.

"I definitely believe that the administration should have some say in how we reorganize our government," Hill says. "But once it is established, it should be essentially student-run and not just a playground for gov jocks."

Hill's zeal to dissolve the council may seem surprising, considering he's never served on the body and says he hasn't attended a meeting in years.

But he says he keeps himself up-to-date on council activity by reading the published minutes.

And he further says that his apparent inexperience will actually be quite beneficial to the student body.

"I would say that the type of campaign I'm running doesn't necessarily require experience," Hill says. "I'm running under the idea of restructuring the student government."

Benjamin R. Kaplan '99-'98

Previous U.C. Experience: None

Key Positions: Creation of Inter-Club Congress; More cost-benefit analysis

Benjamin R. Kaplan '99-'98 of Holworthy Hall wants a different method to the council's madness.

Calling his candidacy an "analyst's perspective" of the council, Kaplan, who is not currently on the council, is moving to enact a series of internal procedural reforms.

"I took on the role of an analyst and spent the year analyzing the U.C.," says Kaplan, who is a Crimson editor. "The ideas I have, which are completely different, are the result of having studied the council for a year."

Kaplan's platform consists of three distinguishing planks.

First, he hopes to create an Inter-Club Congress to facilitate an exchange of ideas and a sense of community within the College.