Word: springfests
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...Springfest changed again, this time decisively. Summers, fresh on the job and eager to connect with undergraduates, offered to co-sponsor Springfest with one catch: the event would have to be opened to Harvard faculty and staff along with their families...
...Springfest had been struggling to hold the attention of the student body. As early as 1997, shortly after the fourth annual Springfest, The Crimson published an editorial urging the council to revamp the festivities...
...more creative,” the editorial said. “A Springfest highlighted by sno-cones, bouncy rides and Harvard Dining Services hamburgers just isn’t worth repeating year after year...
...became increasingly clear that the council’s pockets were not deep enough to continue to improve Springfest. In 2002, UC President Sujean S. Lee ’03 estimated that the council would only be able to pay a band $5,000 to perform at Springfest. Summers’ offer of co-sponsorship turned out to be too good for the council to turn down...
Students still had misgivings about opening the event to the rest of the Harvard community. Would the presence of families at the event turn Springfest into the Harvard University company picnic...