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Harvard: Campbell 3-7 3-4 10; Leake 2-6 3-4 7; Gilmoe 1-6 6-6 8; Morris 0-0 0-0 0; Mann 1-3 0-0 2; Scott Snowden 7-10 3-6 17; White 3-6 0-0 6; Fricka 1-1 0-0 2; Rankin 5-10 1-3 12. Totals...
Hallelujah! Undergraduate Council representative Jonathan Mann '92-'94 of Adams House has walked in the valley of the shadow of the entertainment industry and has emerged with a sacred covenant...
This triumph represents months of work, including two failed attempts to secure other musical acts. Last fall, Mann initially attempted to use a promoter to attract a band to campus. Apparently, this is the method of choice for finer universities who fork over the 10 percent commission to obtain a great band at a reasonable price. With the promoter's connections, Digable Planets quickly emerged as a solid possibility and was expeditiously approved by the Council. Before students could even query "Digable who?" the promoter revealed to Mann that the deal had fallen thorough...
...Mann, dismayed by such unreliable members of the entertainment industry, decided to do the work himself by directly contacting booking agents. Acting as his own promoter, Mann negotiated a cut-rate deal with the agent representing Blind Melon. The concert was quickly and almost unanimously approved by the Council, Evidently, however, the manager of the band disapproved of the paltry $14,500 offered by the Council and the show was summarily cancelled...
Just as students were losing all hope, Mann contacted Chip Hooper, a booking agent with Monterrey Peninsula Artists, Mann agreed to the full $10,000 fee required by They Might Be Giants. According to Mann, the band manager has approved the bid and Harvard has now become one of the routing dates for the group's northeastern tour...