Word: springfests
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...will inevitably complain. The Crimson’s editorial board has already published an argument outlining how the UC might have done a better job planning the event. But it is not for lack of trying, or even for lack of a party spirit, that Harvard’s Springfest doesn’t measure up. The one thing Harvard seems to lack is administrative support for an undergraduate Springfest. We know how to have fun. They just won?...
Over the next eight years, Yardfest—which was renamed Springfest in 1995—floundered with lackluster bands and low attendance. The beer came and went until 1999, when it was gone for good due to financial concerns and, again, a lack of support from the administration, a co-organizer of the event told the Crimson in May of that year...
Along with the new resources came a new vision for Springfest. Summers’ office proposed making the weekend a far larger event, intended not only for the undergraduates but also for faculty members and their families. According to last year’s UC Vice President and past Campus Life Committee Chair Michael R. Blickstead ’05, co-sponsoring Springfest was an opportunity for the President’s Office to demonstrate its support of undergraduates...
...Springfest 2002 was considered a huge success—exponentially larger than it had been in recent years, with popular games like the Rocky Mountain Climb and Human Foosball replacing the low-budget Log Roll. The Verve Pipe and a collection of student bands serenaded the all-ages crowd...
...remembers the day fondly. “I thought that Springfest was the best one I went to while I was at school,” she says. “Because the event had so much more to offer, the experience I had with my friends was cooler. For me, it was still a very student-oriented event...