Word: hymans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Undergraduate Council has too many problems for it to spend precious political capital on personal infighting. The recent dispute between council President Robert M. Hyman '98 and his campus-happy archrival Rudd W. Coffey '97 was an unnecessary and immature display of contention. Hyman has charged Coffey with a $1,000 loss connected with a band signing: In an attempt to sign the ska band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Coffey retained the services of an agent whom he foolishly agreed to pay $1,000 whether or not the band agreed to play. Coffey reacted to the charge by blaming...
...student leaders on campus, we feel it is our duty to support the efforts of President Robert M. Hyman '98, Vice-President Lamelle Rawlins '99 and others to increase the money given to student groups through the grants process. We are tired of watching idly as the $20 that each of us contributes to the Undergraduate Council is used to fund expensive, poorly attended and often ill-conceived parties and dances that have little positive impact on student life. These events are simply a drain on resources that can easily be rectified with the reforms currently before the council...
President Robert M. Hyman '98 disagreed: "By and large, these events are just traditional money losers. [The budget] is a move in the right direction...
Coffey, however, minimized any tension between himself and Hyman...
...Hyman and Coffey ran a sometimes-dirty race last spring in the council's first-ever College-wide election of its president...