Word: springfests
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...Verve Pipe, a modern rock band best known for its hit single “The Freshmen,” will headline Springfest on April 27 in the MAC Quad, according to the band’s management...
Summers’ agreement to consider the opinion of a student committee is yet another example of his willingness to work with the council. He has already met with them twice since he became president last year and is co-sponsoring the council’s annual Springfest this month...
Summers does more than avoid the waltz by throwing his weight behind Springfest. He gets the benefit of prominent interaction with students, specifically undergraduates. He also gets the benefit of working with council dollars and manpower to benefit groups the University has been accused of treating badly—Faculty and workers. That means that the band, the rides or games, and the food must be appealing to a wider audience. The splendid green space on the MAC Quad (cough) is too small to include a much wider range of attractions than it already does. Lee says attractions for younger...
...example of the type of old student concern that has fallen by the wayside: alcohol. From all accounts, Lee and the council haven’t asked for it. Springfest at most schools—nearby Brown, for example—includes drinking. Here at Harvard, alcohol has been gone from Springfest for so long (okay, four years) that students don’t even remember that it was once an option. Would it be expensive? Sure—so charge for cheap tickets, say $5 or so (and give the folks who still don’t want...
...this doesn’t sound like the kind of idea that would fit in with the new, family-friendly, one-size-fits-all Springfest. As Harvard Concert Commission member Daniel R. Fish ’03 told The Crimson, “the things that I would want in a Springfest are not family-oriented.” Say goodbye to the last of the really great student events, folks—Springfest can’t be it any more...