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This past weekend, I was lucky enough to create my own "Battle of the Springfests 2000." Among other colleges in the area, both Harvard and the trade school down the river (better known as MIT) brought bands to entertain their students, although our own Springfest was the only one that "just happened" to fall on pre-frosh weekend...
...contrast to MIT's two-band ticket (which by the way cost $5 for MIT students and $12 for everyone else), Harvard's Springfest featured one major act-swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy-which followed about four hours and five bands worth of Harvard talent. I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of just about every band, which included Fink Fank Funk, S. Ocean, Nano, Jeff Heck, 98% and Mika Pauley, each offering a unique music style to balance the deluge of swing that was to come...
...after Springfest, the Undergraduate Council turned its attention from the MAC Quad to the classroom, honoring outstanding teachers last night at the annual Levenson Memorial Teaching Awards...
...weather stunk for most of last week, but yesterday afternoon the sunlight broke through, just in time for the annual spring celebration on the MAC Quad. Although "Springfest 2000" was not nearly as bombastic as those of years past--sumo wrestling and gladiatorial combat among the most conspicuous absences--it was a genuinely festive event that did much to dispel the dreariness that accompanies April snowfalls...
Cynics among us might belittle our Springfest by comparing it to larger-scale cousins at other schools. And yes, it would have been nice to have that inflatable playground again. But too often we forget that what matters is not how big or fancy these things are, but that, from time to time, we can take a lazy Sunday afternoon to relax, stretch out on the grass and enjoy each other's company...