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Undergraduate Council Vice President Annie R. Riley ’07 rarely speaks, except to turn aside and express her frustration to John S. Haddock ’07. He slams his gavel. Despite the UC president??s greatest efforts, law and order have momentarily ceased. The representatives have banded into nomadic conglomerates, wandering the room. “That’s a fallacy of logic,” one young erudite exclaims from the margins of the room. “Your logic would have integrity if…” another student trails...
...what does this tell us about the future? First, the College Events Board needs the financial and logistical resources to put something like this together—Yardfest was funded by the President??s Office, and a number of the most significant bureaucratic hassles (reserving the Yard, for example) were handled by College administrators. For its first year, the Board has been promised $200,000 from the College, but it’s unlikely such generosity will continue. Though fears of another termbill increase loom, the most important thing to remember is that any solution must allows planning...
...other hand, having the president??s ear can be critical. Few foreign service officers are able to claim it unless they are politically well-connected themselves...
...schools.In addition to Summers, Kirby, the divisional dean who oversees the candidate’s department, and two or three faculty from related departments and other universities sit on each ad hoc committee. Those who have gathered in the Perkins Room for ad hoc committee meetings say that the president??s personality changes the atmosphere of the meeting—and that Summers is serious and thorough, especially when compared to his predecessors.“It’s not pro forma. Different presidents have had different approaches to the ad hoc—I remember...
Musicians Ben Folds and Chris Mills will be the central focus at this year’s Yardfest in Tercentenary Theater—the President??s Office’s revamped version of Springfest. While these performers, in terms of their mainstream appeal, may not be a radical departure from previous acts that have appeared at Harvard (Guster, Busta Rhymes, Bob Dylan all performed in the past, though not at Springfest), the logistics behind this year’s concert have shifted considerably.According to the Harvard Concert Committee (HCC), 2006 marks a renewed commitment to undergraduate life...