"He wanted to epitomize Eliot House," said onefriend who lived in the dorm.

In an interview last summer, former roommateBarnes agreed that Lee "did kind of live a stylishlife."

In his junior year, Lee's spending habitschanged dramatically, Eliot residents have said.

Friends said Lee had attributed the increasedextravagance to an inheritance from a relative inKorea.

Safety Checks

To ensure that future Evening With Championsofficials do not repeat Lee's crimes, theUniversity has implemented a number of controls onthe program.

According to University Attorney Anne Taylor,the program's record-keeping system has beenimproved.

"Records from the period of time when [Lee andSword] were running it didn't exist" when theUniversity investigated, Taylor said after theindictments were handed down. "We had an auditorcome in who made a number of recommendations."

In addition, Taylor said, an advisory committeewas formed.

The committee, comprised of Jewett and otherofficials, periodically reviews the benefit'sfinancial records and receives reports, Taylorsaid.

Finally, the University now requiresdouble-signing for large checks, Taylor said.

Even with the added bureaucracy of the newcontrols and the negative publicity of thescandal, An Evening With Champions still managedto do well in 1994.

In fact, the 25th anniversary show raised arecord-breaking $164,000--all of which wasofficially turned ove