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When he threw on OutKast??s “Hey-Ya,” Billboard’s current number one hit, the first-years flocked to the dance floor. Lauren L. Jackson ’07, Claire E. Moore ’07 and Sarah T. Selim ’07 performed their CityStep dance, while ballroom dancers twirled and two-stepped in response to OutKast??s pleas to “shake...
Illingworth wrote in an e-mail that other College and athletic department administrators said they were concerned that Outkast??s “language may not be acceptable for many audiences, and also that, reportedly, Rosa Parks once sued the group...
...Illingworth’s concerns were assuaged after he listened to more of Outkast??s music and spoke to HCC members...
...Harvard. But when that did not work out and we presented OutKast as a second choice, they continuously questioned whether there was sufficient demand to sell out the Bright Hockey Arena, despite polling showing that OutKast was the clear favorite among students. Then they began questioning the acceptability of OutKast??s lyrics based upon second-hand internet content and rumors about the Rosa Parks case. It thus seems clear to me that administrators’ reservations were based solely on their bias against hip hop music and their assumption that bringing a group like OutKast would be more...
...enough students felt uncomfortable with Outkast??s lyrics to make the concert a failure, the administration might have a point. But in a recent HCC survey asking students which group they would prefer to have for the May concert, Outkast won by a large margin. There may be a minority who might not feel comfortable with Outkast??s music, but music is an innately personal experience that can never please everybody all of the time...