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...vibe and a nice atmosphere,” she says. “It’ll be a really welcoming environment.”UNITY WITHIN DIVERSITYThis despite the fact that not all Harvard students may be welcoming to the bands themselves. Unlike this Sunday’s Yardfest, the festival boasts a number of adventurous experimental groups, few of which can be described as safe choices.In the past, the event has been somewhat notorious for its wild acts. In 2003, a performance by one-man noise-rock group Kites took a turn for the bizarre when the artist...
...Harvard’s weaknesses can make for quite gloomy environs. The College, after all, does have its strengths, and perhaps its time we paid a little more attention to them. While Harvard may not have the house life of Yale, the student-professor interaction of Amherst, or a Yardfest to rival Penn’s Spring Fling, few of our peer institutions can hold a candle to the vibrancy of co-curricular life at Harvard. Rather then rest on its laurels, Harvard would do well to find ways to make the leap from good to great in this realm.It...
...Last week, the Dean’s Office announced its planned Yardfest concert featuring pop artist Ben Folds. In years past, the UC has been responsible for planning and organizing such events...
...long term, we would like to have [the planning] in the hands of students,” McLoughlin said last week. “I would feel much more comfortable if [this year’s Yardfest] was student...
...social programming board would be responsible for planning five campus-wide social events each year—a fall event similar to Harvard State Fair, a concert, the Harvard-Yale pep rally and tailgate, a spring event similar to this month upcoming’s Yardfest, and a House-based event such as a dodgeball tournament or House Olympics. The board would exist independently of the UC and, if approved by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, would be funded entirely by the College, according to Vice President Annie R. Riley...