There are certain things students expect from Connecticut College during the fall: Tent Dance (not always in a tent), Harvestfest, parents and alumni and a Fall Concert. This year, however, the Student Activities Council (SAC) did not host Fall Concert.
For the past three years, Conn students have enjoyed fall activities, including Fall Concert. Last year, Ben Lee graced the stages of Palmer Auditorium, and the year prior, students enjoyed RJD2. SAC Chair John Meade believed that it was “a chance for the students of this campus to enjoy a large-scale concert event in the fall.”
These events, he said, were “very well received.”
Why did these events, then, fail to transpire this year, with something like Ben Lee’s clever lyric change from “I was backstage at Pomona” to “I was backstage at Connecticut?”
The Simmons Fund, which also funded the New York Times Readership Program on campus and senior week formal, was not renewed this year.
However Meade said that students’ reaction to not having a Fall Concert was “a bit subdued . . . because the issue that arose was the loss of newspaper.”
Most students reacted strongly to the loss of the New York Times. Meade agreed that “the loss of the newspapers on campus is much more tragic than the loss of Fall Concert.”
SAC is trying to have events to replace the Fall Concert. The Fall Block Party, for instance consisted of MOBROC bands, New London restaurants coming to campus to sell food, moon bounces, and at night, the battle of student DJ’s.
Although The Fall Block Party was not well attended because of the weather, at least during the day, there are many SAC events to look forward to, including the weekly Friday Night Live (FNL) concerts in Cro’s Nest, outings to restaurants, bowling and laser tag.
On November 12, musician Dan Deacon is coming to Conn!
Additionally, Winter Formal is fast approaching, when SAC takes over Cro and every room will have a different theme. Finally, the infamous Floralia will end our school year. SAC will soon begin planning Floralia and getting student input on the bands chosen to perform.
