The key to walking that walk, many said, is for the council to get back to its normal work on behalf of the student body. And in many ways the council was able to return to business as usual last night.

The meeting took only a little over an hour. In comparison, last week's session lasted over four hours.

Council parliamentarian Alexander A. Boni-Saenz '01 made very few procedural rulings, none of them involving constitutional issues such as those raised by Burton's impeachment.

And in contrast to the close votes on impeachment last week, bills on student group funding and labor politics passed by large majorities, revealing that council members, at least on some issues, "have more in common than [they] have differences," Driskell said.

During the meeting Driskell asked council members to take a moment of silence to consider their council involvement, suggesting that what members have in common is a commitment to students.

Student Activities Committee (SAC) chair Michael D. Shumsky '00 listed the council's recent accomplishments and future projects in the SAC report, reminding the council of its normal work.

And Shumsky made his own call for reconciliation, announcing an upcoming event at which he said the council can continue the process of internal healing.

"House party in Quincy 616!" he told the council, to many cheers.