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When the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) tried to bring rapper Snoop Dogg to last year’s Springfest, obstacles ranging from budgetary constraints to security concerns thwarted the efforts...
...only available venues are athletics facilities. At the Gordon Track, a stage has to be built overnight complete with ramps, lighting, and sound equipment. Tack on a variety of other expenses and concerts turn out to be more expensive than one would expect—McCambridge said the HCC needs at least $30,000 budgeted to start planning a concert. That’s why most colleges’ concerts are highly subsidized...
...want to cough up money (although the President’s Office did give $20,000 to make the Busta Rhymes concert free). The UC is locked into giving 67 percent of its budget to student groups, leaving it cash strapped when it gives $30,000 to the HCC. And students don’t want a higher activities fee as evidenced by the contentious fee hike last year...
That leaves the HCC charging high ticket prices for lesser acts. Until the HCC is given more money, students need to go into concerts with slightly lower expectations. Cusack says that at this point, Harvard “just doesn’t have the money to get the big names...
...best way to fix this problem is to allocate more time and money for campus-wide events. In the meantime, if you care about concerts you should ask UC candidates how much they will give the HCC before you decide your vote. The Killers, The Beastie Boys, John Mayer, and Wyclef Jean—all these top artists on the UC’s wish list could come to Harvard in the next few years. But if that’s what we want, we’ve got to take the initiative...