"There is no other organization on campus run completely by undergraduates that gives out money completely to undergraduates," said Hawkins, who is also a Crimson editor.
Given that the council will be short on cash next year, some members said allocating $25,000 to one event was inappropriate.
"I don't want this to be blown on one Springfest," said Todd E. Plants '01, an Eliot House representative.
Other council members argued against the one-time allocation, saying that the money--which is part of $40,000 discovered last fall in the council's bank accounts--had been accumulated over several years.
"This money was from more than one year. To spend it all in one year is fiscally irresponsible," said Jeffrey A. Letalien '00, a Quincy House representative.
Now, with $4,600 in its coffers, the CLC is charged with bidding for bands that students picked as their favorites in a campus-wide survey conducted last spring, said committee co-chair Stephen N. Smith '02.
He would not specify the bands, citing the ongoing bidding process.
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