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U.C. May Pick Up Debt From Ivy Council

The Undergraduate Council will vote on Sunday whether to reimburse two students who made out-of-pocket loans to the Ivy Council (IC) in February-and have yet to have their money repaid.

The IC-an umbrella organization for Ivy League student governments-has always taken a few knocks from the Undergraduate Council, which has repeatedly questioned why it should involve itself with the Ivy organization.

The IC has alternately been accused by Harvard council members of being a waste of money and of time, and many of them have been trying to extricate the council from the IC. Currently , the council spends $500 a year on its involvement with the organization.

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However, if the council decides to reimburse Robert M. Gee `02 and Trisha S. Dasgupta `01, it will end up spending close to $2,500 on the IC this year.

Gee and Dasgupta organized February's "Ivy Council summit"-a yearly conference for student government leaders, which this year was hosted by Harvard. They charged hotel rooms and food for the guests to their personal credit cards, with the understanding that they would be reimbursed by the IC within a matter of days.

However, two months later, they have yet to see a dime.

Now, the council will vote and decide whether to step in and reimburse Gee and Dasgupta.

"I was told they'd pay me back that day," Gee said. "And I needed the money."

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