Word: springfests
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...around campus. The Indigo Girls were a shot in the dark--you either can't live with them or you can't live without them, and there is no in-between. Practically everyone would have loved seeing the Dave Mathews Band (DMB) perform live at this year's Springfest. But now that the Undergraduate Council has chosen the Violent Femmes, the only question on most peoples' minds is, "What they are going to play after Blister...
...meeting a council representative mentioned what a brilliant grass roots campaign the council had run when it polled students concerning a band for Springfest. Indeed that was admirable. Yet, with a student body of only 6,400 people, all living within a few mile radius, every council decision that has a large impact on the Harvard community should involve some kind of grass roots campaigning. Let the "$40,000 Question" referendum be a beginning, not another act in isolation...
Second, take measures to increase your presence on campus. Among the spending proposals for the $40,000 were new grants to student groups, new athletic equipment for the MAC and investing in corporate sponsors for Springfest. Yet, while these proposals would provide what one council member persistently called "tangible evidence" of the $40,000 being put to good use, they would fail to muster a new and persistent popular support for the council. The council is already known for providing grants to student groups. Any athletic equipment purchased would certainly be overshadowed by ongoing renovations to the MAC. And Springfest...
Though an ad hoc committee of the council suggested everything from student group grants to corporate sponsors at Springfest, by the evening's end, forum participants warmed most to the idea of pledging $30,000 towards a new student center...
...bigger and better Springfest--headlined by a big-name band, backed by corporate sponsors and supported by student groups--wouldn't help bring the campus together, participants said...