The Undergraduate Council passed resolutions for a student space taskforce and a mandatory retreat with relative ease during a light-hearted meeting last night.

In what was described as the beginning of a council tradition, all first-year council representatives arrived decked in their Halloween costumes. Dick Tracy and a cow were among those in attendance, but others came disguised as some more familiar figures on campus.

Jared M. Gross '03 gave the treasurer's report in lieu of Treasurer Sterling P. A. Darling. He was dressed in Darling's trademark shirt, tie, sweater and khaki pants with a nametag reading "Hello! My name is Sterling."

Joel G. Maxwell '03 wore a slinky black cocktail dress to the meeting accessorized with a feathered white boa, which was wrapped about his neck. He drew bursts of laughter from the council when he announced he was dressed as council Vice President Kamil E. Redmond '01.

Most of last night's legislation passed without objection.

Beth A. Schonmuller '01 brought a bill before the council to create a "Student Space Taskforce" that would root out additional classroom and office space for student groups around campus.

Last year, the council lobbied the administration to build a student center, in part to alleviate the overcrowding of meeting and office space for student groups on campus.

Schonmuller explained that she hoped to work with the administration to find space in existing Harvard facilities "because it doesn't look like we'll be getting a student center anytime soon."