"I never was given any confirmation of any bands that I could then work with," she said.

Both Hyman and IOP organizers said they were never informed of the terms of the contract during the negotiation process.

"In the future, I don't think that one person should have the authority to sign such a contract without the approval of the president," Hyman said. "I know I would not have agreed to this contract."

The council has not yet paid the bill for the agent, according to Hyman. The IOP paid for the band, Expanding Man, which performed at HYPE.

The total cost of HYPE was approximately $8,000-$10,000, with Expanding Man accounting for $1,000 of that, according to McLaughlin.

IOP organizers found out that the council would not be providing a band about two to three weeks before the event, according to McLaughlin.

"The bottom line is that Rudd was never able to produce a band. He was really responsible for the negotiations, and it just didn't happen," McLaughlin said.

In addition to blaming Coffey for the $1,000 lost, Hyman also claimed that the agent Coffey used was a personal friend of his, a charge Coffey labeled "completely ludicrous."

"It is solely a business relationship," Coffey said.

This is not the first time the two council members have clashed this year. This past Sunday, at the council's first meeting of the year, the two engaged in a bitter exchange of insults during a debate on budget allocations.

In the debate, Coffey accused Hyman of gutting the Campus Life's Committee's budget in the proposal to allocate more money to the grants fund.

Coffey, however, minimized any tension between himself and Hyman.

"I don't agree with Rob's agenda or the way he runs the council," he said. "I crossed the line on Sunday, and I apologize. I just get wound up over the same criticism of Campus Life I've been facing for three years."

Hyman and Coffey ran a sometimes-dirty race last spring in the council's first-ever College-wide election of its president.

The race was marked by charges that the candidates were exaggerating their accomplishments and ripping down each other's campaign posters