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...Harvard Yard, carnival popcorn machines spewed the overwhelming smell of cooking canola oil and rows of port-a-potties stood ready to receive hundreds of impatient movie-goers. It was University President Lawrence H. Summers’ latest wholesome activity for the Harvard community: Movie Time. Even intermittent rain could not deter the fanatics, who regard watching Ferris Bueller to be a religious experience (especially when Matthew Broderick showers), the bored, who opted not to do their tutorial reading and, of course, the inevitable free-loader types who came for the free junk food...
Students sat on blankets and so did Harvard’s president, who braved not only the wet but the inevitable human contact involved in putting on a show like this. He gets two thumbs up for throwing the party and for sticking it out in the rain...
Plans had been in the works all summer and because of the difficulty involved with renting the equipment, a rain date was impossible, said University spokesperson Chris K. Ahearn...
...while the rain may have discouraged some moviegoers, others felt differently...
...think it was even more fun with the rain,” Carlos J. Rojas ’04 said...