Council members' solution is clear: more money. But last year, a student referendum narrowly defeated a proposal to raise the term bill fee to $50, leaving the council hurting for cash.

Driskell says that the council's high-profile campaign last year to raise the term bill also worked against them, by publicizing that students can decide not to pay the term bill fee. This contributed, she says, to the fact that the council lost about $4,000 in revenue from the term bill this year--even as the College has enrolled a greater number of first-years than last year.

"The bottom line is we have less money to work with," Driskell says.

Undergraduate Council members say that if last year's referendum had passed, it would have revolutionized campus life.

"We could've been put in the situation of having a lot more impact on campus," Marshall says.

With more money, the council could not only fund more groups, and fund those groups better, but it could also sponsor more events like Springfest.

Instead, for the time being, the council is being forced to cut costs whenever possible--a fact that is already taking a toll on students.