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...wanted to change in order to position ourselves to better serve student interests,” says O’Brien.In the arena of concerts, they quickly tried to turn their image around through a twist on the event formerly known as Spring Fest, renamed Yardfest, which was held last April. With help from the Dean’s Office, the HCC organized a well-attended concert by Ben Folds. O’Brien sees the event as a turning point. “We wanted to have a draw for Yardfest, and the show with Ben Folds ended...
...successor last year, Justin H. Haan ’05, continued to plan large-scale social events such as last April’s Yardfest featuring pop-artist Ben Folds. Haan also oversaw the creation of the College Events Board, which received $200,000 from the College to plan campus-wide events...
...were a bit short on cash. Back then, the student termbill fee was a mere $35, and even with the cash leftover from previous years’ surpluses, there simply wasn’t enough funding to throw a party the size of, say, last spring’s Yardfest. (The Office of the President was generous enough to pay for that spring’s Busta Rhymes concert.) So, the UC called a referendum to ask for permission to raise the termbill fee to $75, with proponents of the raise touting “a better Harvard?...
...about 800 times cooler than the ice cream social.” The student-run College Events Board (CEB), funded by $200,000 from University Hall, planned the carnival—the first in a series of activities, including the Harvard-Yale Pep Rally in the fall and Yardfest in the spring, slated for this year. The CEB this fall assumed responsibility for social programming, previously a task reserved for the UC. Campus Life Fellow John T. Drake ’06 oversaw the planning and execution of the carnival. “I think this event shows off what...
...Gross in an interview last week. “I have never really felt that I couldn’t fund the initiatives that I wanted to.”College projects that have also received funding from Summers’ office this year include April’s Yardfest, featuring pop artist Ben Folds, the renovations of Loker, the creation of the café in Lamont Library, and the Harvard State Fair last fall.But while the president’s office has stepped up to fund the College’s projects, Summers has suggested frequently that the College...