This year, ASCMC, in one of the biggest boondoggles to date, spent more than $67,000 on the LMFAO concert. It took in a little more than $36,000, leaving a shortfall of $31,000 to be paid with the money that is left over at the end of the semester.
"We cut Bridges the check at the end of the semester with what we have left," says an ASCMC member speaking on conditions of anonymity. According to the high-placed source, only 1445 people attended. But Bridges auditorium's capacity was 2450 for the evening. (The information is publicly available in the minutes that Executive Secretary Alexandra Cooke CMC '14 forgot to post this last week.)
While the stipends of all of the 2010-2011 board have been delayed until ASCMC's financial house is brought into order, last year's president, Tammy Phan CMC '11, was paid her full $14,000 stipend.
Phan's stipend was already paid due to an "unknown" mishap at the start of the semester. She was paid first in contravention of the usual custom. This is, according to sources close to ASCMC, very controversial because it was her decision to bring LMFAO to campus in the first place. Phan, according to members of last year's board, did not ask the Board's opinion before she signed the contract. One member argued that this violated long-standing ASCMC protocol: "In my opinion she should give her stipend back to keep ASCMC afloat for the remainder of the year."
Phan directed me to her comment on The Forum article about this story. She did not comment on a follow-up question of whether or not she should give back her stipend.
"We cut Bridges the check at the end of the semester with what we have left," says an ASCMC member speaking on conditions of anonymity. According to the high-placed source, only 1445 people attended. But Bridges auditorium's capacity was 2450 for the evening. (The information is publicly available in the minutes that Executive Secretary Alexandra Cooke CMC '14 forgot to post this last week.)
While the stipends of all of the 2010-2011 board have been delayed until ASCMC's financial house is brought into order, last year's president, Tammy Phan CMC '11, was paid her full $14,000 stipend.
Phan's stipend was already paid due to an "unknown" mishap at the start of the semester. She was paid first in contravention of the usual custom. This is, according to sources close to ASCMC, very controversial because it was her decision to bring LMFAO to campus in the first place. Phan, according to members of last year's board, did not ask the Board's opinion before she signed the contract. One member argued that this violated long-standing ASCMC protocol: "In my opinion she should give her stipend back to keep ASCMC afloat for the remainder of the year."
Phan directed me to her comment on The Forum article about this story. She did not comment on a follow-up question of whether or not she should give back her stipend.
