Word: springfests
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During the UC campaign this fall, candidates trumpeted social life as a priority. Specific plans were vague, but Springfest weekend would be a chance to deliver on their promises...
Finally, instead of a washed-up rapper, the UC logged late hours this year to try to get Snoop Dogg to perform. Snoop’s management had already said yes. The contract was ready to be signed. It looked like Springfest was shaping up—until three weeks ago, when the Boston Police Department reminded Glazer and company of a budget line item they hadn’t foreseen. To get the proper security, they’d need an additional...
...turn. The Office of University President Lawrence H. Summers had already refused to provide any funding for the concert, even though the year before they’d given $25,000 to bring Busta Rhymes to Lavietes Pavillion. The money never materialized, Snoop was let down gently, and Springfest was back to square...
...will inevitably complain. The Crimson’s editorial board has already published an argument outlining how the UC might have done a better job planning the event. But it is not for lack of trying, or even for lack of a party spirit, that Harvard’s Springfest doesn’t measure up. The one thing Harvard seems to lack is administrative support for an undergraduate Springfest. We know how to have fun. They just won?...
Over the next eight years, Yardfest—which was renamed Springfest in 1995—floundered with lackluster bands and low attendance. The beer came and went until 1999, when it was gone for good due to financial concerns and, again, a lack of support from the administration, a co-organizer of the event told the Crimson in May of that year...