Council Will Consider Move To New Office

Because of what it says is an expanding workload the Undergraduate Council may move from its two-year old home in the basement of Canaday Cut to a more spacious location, council officials said yesterday.

Council Chairman Brian R. Melendez '86 said he will meet tomorrow with Dean of Students Archie Epps III to discuss the proposed move. At least 15 people regularly occupy the council's current 125-squate-feat office designed for one-third that number of people, Melendez said.

Epps said yesterday that the College has made no initial decision on the relocation plans and declined to comment on the likelihood that it would be approved.

The possible alternatives include adding an extra room at the office's present location, occupying a space on the top floor of Phillips Brooks House, and moving into a large room on the first floor of Burr Hall next to the Freshman Union.

Burr Preferred

Melendez said he would prefer not to move into Phillips Brooks House because of its high rents, and would instead prefer the Burr Hall location, where the council "would be much more visible and accessible" to students, especially freshmen.

Melendez added that he hopes a move to Burr Hall would offer the council more space for the same $1900-per-year rent. Currently the council is the only one of about 40 undergraduate organizations with College office space that pays rent to the University.

Epps explained that when the council was formed, "an operational provision was placed in the constitution to ensure the independence of the council from the University."

Organizations such as the weekly Harvard Independent, the Gay and Lesoian Student Association and Room 13 now get free space from Harvard. However, Epps explained, their contracts have to be renewed