Word: band
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...What do you think about the new boy-band, candy-crap craze like the Backstreet Boys, Nsync...
...Well, I find it nauseating as most people do. But, fuck, I want to go on tour with them. We are the only band corny enough to want to play in front of a few thousand screaming teeny-boppers. Most of them wouldn't even know what a guitar...
When I was a first-year, people hated Springfest because the council could only afford to bring a band called God Street Wine to perform. Maybe 500 people showed up. Last year, over 3,000 people came to Springfest because the Violent Femmes were a bigger name and the rides and games that we had were more fun. But we basically scraped the bottom of the barrel for money and this year, we may not be able to do the same because we don't have any extra money lying around like we did last year...
...those services and events cost money--Violent Femmes cost $22,500. The hotel ballroom for the First-Year Formal--which over 1,000 first-years attend--costs several thousand dollars. If we ever want to have an even more popular band and an event that rivals Penn's Spring Fling, we'll just have to find more money to do it with...
...Yale and thousands more who will ride the week after to the airport. These services are provided to the community at the lowest price that will cover their cost. The council doesn't run a profit from any of these events or services. If we want to hire a band and host an event that rivals other schools'--while continuing to provide the convenient and popular services such as shuttle buses--we will need a larger budget...