Word: hcc
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...HCC plans a November concert, what most students don’t understand is that in the past the HCC has managed to pull off successful shows despite the fact that the deck has been stacked against...
...before we can consistently have better concerts, we have to put our money where our mouths are by giving the HCC a larger and more permanent budget and by being more realistic with our expectations...
...first practical pitfall is that the HCC’s purse is controlled by the Undergraduate Council (UC), which can’t allocate funds for future academic years giving the HCC almost no time to plan a concert. This year, funds for a fall concert were not allocated until late August, giving the HCC just two months. According to HCC Chair Jack P. McCambridge ’06, ideally, the HCC should have six months to plan and stage an event...
...like being on a tight rope and hoping you don’t trip,” says McCambridge. That’s exactly what happened with Snoop—the Boston Police Department unexpectedly demanded that Harvard hire extra police officers for the show, and the HCC simply didn’t have the money or the time to save the event...
...allocating for future councils makes no sense for recurring events like concerts. Debating and allocating the money as if there is no precedent for having concerts creates unnecessary obstacles. While the UC ponders having an independent campus events board, it should at the very least give the HCC a permanent budget...