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"If The Crimson writes an editorial saying the term bill is outrageous, and all the students hate it, and I go down in history as a usurper, I will still think it was the right thing to do," he says.
Still, Seton must convince students skeptical of the council's competence that the council deserves more of their money.
"I'm not confident that they handle the money we give them well," Liebert says. "When [the council] finds money that's lying around, like the $40,000, it's really tough to argue that they should be getting more money."
The council announced last year that, because of accounting slip-ups, it had an unexpected additional $40,000 in its bank accounts. The money has been split up between various Council expenses, including this year's Springfest.
Still, some say the issue is not whether the council itself deserves more money, but whether the student groups who will benefit most from the increase deserve more money.
"My argument has never been that the [council] deserves more money because they're doing such a great job," said former council President Beth A. Stewart '00, who supports the increase.
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