Education Briefs

Busta Rhymes tentatively scheduled to play at Harvard

Busta Rhymes will headline Harvard University's annual Springfest, on April 23.

According to the Harvard Crimson, Harvard is scheduled to spend $40,000 for the Busta Rhymes concert, which is $10,000 less than what Tufts paid him to come to last year's Spring Fling.

Due to inclement weather the concert was cancelled, although Tufts still had to pay the performer in full as a result of uninsured contract commitments.

The contract between Busta Rhymes and Harvard has not yet been finalized. Associate Dean of the College Judith Kidd was on vacation last week and was unable to complete the deal.

"I'm pretty confident that the administration is on board with this," Mahan said in the Crimson article. "Springfest has moved away from its focus on the undergraduate committee and this is a way to bring the focus back to undergraduates."



Maryland students target their governor through documentary Thanks to University of Maryland Student Body President Tim Daly and his film crew, Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich has been receiving some negative publicity recently.

Daly raised $8,000 in donations to create a documentary called "Bob & Me." The film mimics Oscar-winner Michael Moore's 1989 "Roger & Me," where Moore attempted to confront former General Motors Chairman Roger Smith about laying off 33,000 auto workers in Flint, Mich.

Daly was unable to approach his target, but the film focuses on Ehrlich's decision to increase tuition 54 percent in the last four years for Maryland's public universities. An additional increase averaging 9.4 percent has already been approved for next fall.

Daly and his producers hope the movie will inspire lawmakers to pass legislation that caps future tuition increases.

Ehrlich's office claims he was never contacted by Daly.



Compiled by Patrick Gordon from The Harvard Crimson, CNN.com and the New York Times.