Word: yardfest
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Last Sunday’s Yardfest confirmed many things we already knew: First, that Eliot House sucks; second, that Harvard students cannot resist oversized Twister boards or tire swings; and, most importantly, that we can indeed have successful campus-wide concerts and events to spark social life. According to organizers, around 7,000 people gathered at the Yard to enjoy Ben Folds’ student-friendly performance, as well as a variety of games. Indeed, Yardfest was a job well done by the Dean’s Office and the Harvard Concert Commission. Stars seemed to align like they haven?...
...what does this tell us about the future? First, the College Events Board needs the financial and logistical resources to put something like this together—Yardfest was funded by the President’s Office, and a number of the most significant bureaucratic hassles (reserving the Yard, for example) were handled by College administrators. For its first year, the Board has been promised $200,000 from the College, but it’s unlikely such generosity will continue. Though fears of another termbill increase loom, the most important thing to remember is that any solution must allows planning...
This year’s transition from the University-wide Springfest to an undergrad-only Yardfest shifted the focus from six-year-olds to college students. And by holding the event in the Yard, organizers could allow undergrads to interact freely without serious concern that unruly behavior would trouble Cambridge or Allston residents. The result was an afternoon that included alcohol at UC-sponsored House stein clubs—incidentally, a clever strategy to tie House life to College community—but didn’t require a contingent of supervising cops à la Harvard-Yale. Next year?...
...example, Winthrop House threw "Thropstock" as a preview of Yardfest. With the dining hall closed for brunch, residents enjoyed pizza and cotton candy along with games in the courtyard...
...Social Programming Board, the UC’s soon-to-be-formed sister body, will be charged with planning a major spring campus gathering starting next year, Haan said. HCC chief O’Brien said he hopes the board makes Yardfest a "landmark on people’s calendar come spring...