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This isn’t an inherently bad idea. But it means that the president and the council have fundamentally changed the nature of Springfest. The event has come a long way since my senior year of high school (the last time alcohol was permitted). With this shift, it’s not really a student-focused event any more. That might not be such a big deal, if someone had taken the trouble to really make clear what students stand to gain from Summers co-sponsoring the event in the first place...
Tops on the list of Springfest priorities should be a bigger budget: $20,000 isn’t that much, and it’s certainly not enough to bring a really big-name band to the splendid green space of the MAC Quad (cough). Plus, with the newly expanded Springfest audience, picking a band now requires considering a broader age range. (Lee was quoted in The Crimson saying that because of this wider age range, organizers didn’t favor hip-hop. I wasn’t aware that the appeal of that genre was limited to college...
Summers apparently intends his involvement with Springfest to replace the annual President’s Dance—a tradition of his predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine, who brought his wife Angelica to festooned Annenberg Hall to meet and mingle with first-years. (Admittedly, continuing this tradition might prove a little uncomfortable for newly single Summers, whose chosen dancing partner would undoubtedly be the object of considerable speculation.) Lee says that, although no dollar amount has been specified, she is sure that this year’s Springfest will see president’s office funding comparable to that...
This year the council is choosing student bands with a Battle of the Bands event, tentatively scheduled for weekend after spring break. Stannard-Friel said the event will be good exposure for the bands and also promote Springfest...
Another small controversy broke out over the UC-General, the council’s e-mail list, when CLC Co-Chair Michael R. Blickstead ’05 posted an offer from Fun Ventures, the amusement company the council hired for Springfest, to pay students $100 to man their rides...