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While the inflatable gladiator games survived the rainy Saturday Springfest, the waterlogged flyers and plastic-covered textbooks of the “Gartbagé” exhibit melted in the downpour...
...last weekend’s Earth Day celebration in Winthrop courtyard, the Environmental Action Committee’s booth was tucked away behind a pile of cardboard boxes and crumpled newspaper, refuse from the neighboring Springfest...
Last Saturday’s Springfest Afterparty was a $16,000 failure. And it wasn’t Mother Nature’s fault...
...students showed up to the Afterparty. While the rain certainly decreased turnout, the timing and planning of the event was hindered by serious flaws that would have hampered the festivities even if the weather had been good. The Undergraduate Council (UC) needs to rework future events based around Springfest to ensure their success. Independent of the weather, however, there were other factors conspiring against a successful Afterparty that should have dissuaded the bare majority of council members who voted for the event...
Timing played a huge role in sinking the UC’s post-Springfest efforts as well. Prefrosh Saturday from 6-9 p.m. is already loaded with activities, from a cappella performances to musicals to pre-gaming events for parties later in the night. A new party without a big attraction could not hope to compete with the established activities already planned by student groups, particularly since the Afterparty excluded prefrosh. Planning a big UC event on Prefrosh Weekend also meant that many alternative rain venues were unavailable. While organizers’ stubborn optimism about the Afterparty?...