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THIS fall, the council's primary task will be facing up to the challenges that it posed last spring. Even as the council began to understand its own importance, it botched its responsibility. The ROTC controversy and the Vega concert fiasco were undeniable screw-ups, but they were the kind of screw-ups we associate with an uncertain beginner. Laudably the council was trying out its wings. A few false starts were to be expected...
Last year's council term ended with a tumultuous debate about the role of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) on campus. Also last spring, the council lost several thousand dollars when it sponsored a poorly attended concert by folk singer Suzanne Vega...
...Claim: "The Council sponsored two well-attended concerts by Jimmy Cliff and Suzanne Vega. Harvard now has an excellent reputation in the entertainment industry, if it should wish to have more concerts in the future...
Reality: This one contains two outright fabrications. The Suzanne Vega concert was so poorly attended that the council lost money hand over fist, had to take out a loan from BayBanks to cover their costs, and attempted to renege on their agreement with Vega to donate a portion of the concert's proceeds to AIDS research...
...Council sponsored two well-attended concerts by Jimmy Cliff and Suzanne Vega. Harvard now has an excellent reputation in the entertainment industry, if it should wish to have more concerts in the future...