The Jimmy Fund raises about $10 million for Dana-Farber every year, So $132,000 represents more than one percent of that budget.

But Vild tried to define what the lost money means not just to the center but to the kids.

Vild said that $132,000 can cover, with money to spare, the entire cost of a bone marrow transplant.

Such transplants are used for blood diseases such as leukemia and as treatment for solid tumors--and are, Vild said, life-saving.

Wait Until the Trial

Most reaction to the indictments was reserved. Many Eliot House figures have said that they want to reserve judgmental comments until after the case has been tried.

Mark T. Rosen '95, one of three co-chairs for the 1994 production of An Evening With Champions, said he hopes for a fair trial.

"I guess the only thing I would say is we just really hope that justice is served and that the whole incident can once and for all be put behind us," Rosen said in an interview last week.

Rosen did say that advertisers, even in the wake of a district attorney investigation, did not shy away from sponsoring the 1993 show.

He says the 1993 Evening With Champions raised $125,000 for the Jimmy Fund.

Eliot House Co-Master Kristine L. Forsgard also says she was happy the investigation did not interfere with last year's show.

"If true, these are the actions of two people, two individuals," forsgard says. "What is remarkable is that Eliot House students were able to make sure that the charity did not suffer as a result of the [alleged] actions of two individuals."

Never Happen Again

An Evening With Champions, in cooperation with the College and Eliot House, has taken several steps to ensure that funds can never be pilfered again--if indeed they were this time.

According to Anne Taylor, the University's point person on the Jimmy Fund affair, general record keeping has been improved.