Word: pep
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...changes to the pep rally come as the CEB—funded by the Office of Student Life—adjusts to College-wide budget cuts. But Mee said that while the reductions have limited the CEB’s ability to book big-name artists, the group would have chosen to have a scaled-down event regardless of financial concerns...
...definitely think we would’ve moved in this direction, anyway, towards focusing back on the core focus of a pep rally, which was lost a little bit last year,” he said...
...College Events Board is scrapping the idea of headlining its Harvard-Yale pep rally with a star performer this year, saying that budget cuts and a desire to have a “more traditional” event have encouraged the CEB to highlight student organizations and the football team instead...
...Chair Kevin M. Mee ’10 and Vice-Chair James A. McFadden ’10 confirmed in interviews with The Crimson that the Nov. 19 pep rally would not feature a large performance as it did last year, when Girl Talk, a popular remix artist, took the stage—only to be prematurely forced off when a raucous crowd pushed against the stage, creating a safety hazard...
Owing in large part to the Administration's ham-handed advance work, the strident conservative anger that erupted this summer over health-care reform has shifted from town halls to school halls. On the surface, Obama's intentions for Tuesday seem nothing more threatening than a presidential pep talk about taking education seriously. But some ill-advised prep material from the Education Department - like suggestions that teachers have students write letters on "how to help the President" and recommendations that those pupils read his books - has left the door ajar (and that's all it seems to take these days...