Word: springfests
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...other business, the council formed a task force to investigate the possibility of letting student groups use council office space, allocated money for Springfest amusements and council feedback cards and agreed to sponsor an Ivy Council-led community service day and a first-year faculty dinner...
...Springfest is the most visible event put on by the undergraduate council every year, and has the potential to be to bring students together in the warm spring air. But fried dough, carnival games and a fenced-in paddock for beer drinkers are not enough to create a quality event. The council needs a popular and well-respected band that will bring students out of their rooms and away from their textbooks. Yet at the same time they are constrained by the limited funds available. The council's record of finding bands has improved in the past few years--from...
...council's second, successful bid, for the swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, is a fine choice for this year's Springfest. Swing music consistently proves popular with Harvard students; swing formals, parties and even Core classes have usually drawn an enthusiastic crowd. Voodoo Daddy is a well-respected leader in the swing music scene and can be relied upon to put on a good show...
...likely, and without a place to dance much of the appeal of swing music is lost. A small investment in planking over part of the MAC Quad, coupled with some extra expenditure on food and lessons for beginners, will go a long way towards making this years Springfest a first rate event...
...hope that challenge funding will become a way for the council to provide tangible action in exercising its leadership role in the Harvard community. The council should continue to do what it has shown that it can do well: objectively distribute student group funding, plan events such as Springfest, lobby the administration for changes such as universal key card access and provide services such as UC Books...