But Seton says he is tired of hearing that the council doesn't matter to students' undergraduate experiences. It's become popular to dump on the council, he says, but in reality it is an effective presence on campus.
"When 1,200 people cram into a ballroom at the freshman formal and have a really great time, I'll be happy and won't pay much concern to people who say the [council's] irrelevant the next morning," he said.
Uncle Moneybags
"We can hold things together with shoestring and gum for one more year," Darling said last month, "but this is the last year that it can be done."
Additional funding, Seton explained, would have to be found.
But Seton said the term bill would not be increased unless the College matched any increase in the term bill with a donation from its own coffers--in effect giving the council an extra dollar for every additional dollar it raises from students.
"When you think of the success of the University's capital campaign," Seton said last month, "[the council's operating expenses] would be recouped in an afternoon of interest."
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