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Under then-Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) chair Justin H. Haan ’05, who is also a Crimson editor, the Undergraduate Council (UC) sponsored a free Busta Rhymes concert last spring that cost the administration and the UC $20,000 each...
...admire the UC, Veritas, and the concert commission trying to supplement [student social life], but ultimately, I think it’s unrealistic to expect students to fill the role of full-time staff members,” he says...
...Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) successfully brought cultural icon Bob Dylan to the Harvard campus. The well-publicized, sold-out concert at Gordon Track went off without a hitch and broke even. We were encouraged by the concert’s success, which made headway on an issue that had been a historical embarrassment for student planners...
...most glaring blunder of this year’s council was its failure to secure a big-name concert, something that all candidates’ platforms assured in the fall. After months of promises that Springfest would include a performance by a major performer, much of the campus was delighted to hear that rapper Snoop Dogg would be gracing Harvard grounds. However, the HCC failed to deliver the goods. The commission clearly worked hard to secure the performer—the College as well as Boston Police Department served as insurmountable hindrances—but they cannot deflect any blame...
...UC’s Campus Life Committee (CLC), also sitting on a fatter wallet, was decreasingly effective in planning meaningful social events for the college community. The year started off well, with the CLC landing Bob Dylan for a fall concert. But last winter’s Jim Breuer comedy show and this semester’s Springfest event were underwhelming and underattended. While we continue to support the basic mission of the CLC to plan campus-wide social events, we implore the CLC to put its collective ear to the ground to try to figure out what kinds...