Word: yardfest
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...rather be able to sit down to a hot breakfast. Eat the gold dome we cannot. 6) We can get drunk in public without spending thousands to have Sarah Bareilles serenade us with the one song we know. Half of us didn’t make it to Yardfest anyhow. And the other half probably don’t remember it. 5) Folklore and Mythology department. Sanskrit. All departments with less than ten people. Sorry guys, but can’t you just consolidate into one “Old Shit” department? 4) I called the evening...
...APRIL: YARDFEST AND HOOKUPS...
...popular DJ Girl Talk, but a combination of poor planning, a dangerously flimsy stage, and an unusually high student turnout prompted HUPD to prematurely cancel the concert. Fortunately, the CEB was able to redeem itself for its botched execution of the Girl Talk event by putting on an impressive Yardfest concert this spring. The CEB deserved praise for picking up-and-coming artists this year, Sarah Bareilles and Ratatat, and taking the time to poll students about their preferences.Obviously, with the financial issues the University is currently grappling with, this year has been a particularly tough one for carrying...
...charity for several years, despite fundraising promises to give 100 percent of proceeds to The Center for Teen Empowerment. A 2009 executive producer acknowledged past lapses with the explanation, “We’re a student organization…we have a budget the same size as Yardfest but without any support from Harvard.” Such excuses over mismanagement are inadequate; Harvard event organizers unable to manage basic business procedures would do well to hand over management to someone who’s taken Ec 10. It’s easier to believe in financial incompetence...
...response, a few Matherites said that in all seriousness, they agreed with cutting Yardfest...