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This year, the council was able to balance its budget because of a $25,000 windfall, part of an infamous $40,000 it found tucked away in a bank account earlier this year. Next year, Seton said, it is unlikely they will be so fortunate.
"This puts Fentrice and John in a tough position. They're going to have to set new priorities. If they don't, the council will flounder," Seton said. "You can't have a really great Springfest and fund a lot of student groups, or everything will be mediocre."
The controversy over where the inevitable cuts should come has spawned a flurry of e-mail messages over uc-general in past few days.
Bradley L. Davis '00, who last month encouraged the council to bring the fee hike to a student referendum, joined several other council members in arguing that the term bill failed because the rhetoric of more money to student groups didn't play well the student body.
"I have begun to wonder how many students really participate in student groups, how many students really make them a part of their lives," Davis said. Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 wrote in an e-mail message that, technically, the term-bill increase doesn't require the...