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...First, that Eliot House sucks; second, that Harvard students cannot resist oversized Twister boards or tire swings; and, most importantly, that we can indeed have successful campus-wide concerts and events to spark social life. According to organizers, around 7,000 people gathered at the Yard to enjoy Ben Folds?? student-friendly performance, as well as a variety of games. Indeed, Yardfest was a job well done by the Dean’s Office and the Harvard Concert Commission. Stars seemed to align like they haven’t for past concerts as the cooperation of great weather...
...extemporaneous ditty, in which Folds proclaimed alternately that “Eliot House sucks big donkey dicks” and that “Eliot House is not that bad” in minor and major keys, was prompted by a miniature inflated beach ball that landed near Folds?? piano during the concert. Picking up the ball to toss it back into the crowd, the artist—who is known for improvising lyrics in live shows—noticed that the words “Eliot House Sucks” had been inscribed...
According to one Winthrop resident, who requested not be identified, the beach ball incident was part of a prank on their rival neighbor house. A group of Winthrop students distributed more than twenty beach balls to the Tercentenary Theatre crowd in hopes of catching Folds?? attention, said the source...
...control over the festival. Still, HCC’s methods of analyzing student opinion have often been indirect.The decision to select Folds, according to O’Brien, was based on “informal polling,” information gathering on facebook.com, and larger contextual factors such as Folds?? multi-campus tour at Swarthmore, Vanderbilt, and Yale this spring, which seemed to the committee to reflect a considerable fan base. In preparing for next year’s festival, HCC says it hopes to broaden student input.An online poll, recently established on their website, allows a user...
...Folds?? visit marks a break from past campus concerts, which have been planned by the Undergraduate Council. Yesterday’s announcement comes as the council prepares to consider legislation this Sunday that would shift responsibility for concerts and other social programming to an independent body...