DM: Scandalous.

JA: Scandal!

Jesse Green: The arts do not seem high on the agenda of the Harvard administration at all.

DM: I don't think it's the administration's fault at all. I think the people who are in charge of these powerful positions in terms of art at Harvard are using their positions somewhat to their advantage.

Sarah Haskins: The people I've worked with in the grants office have been pretty helpful about telling you where the money is. But not every organization knows that they have a standard budget that they can rely on for the next year. And that way a lot of out-of-pocket expenses come from the members, which makes it difficult. If you get a $400 grant one year, and the next year you apply for it again but only get $100, it makes a big difference in what you can do and where you can go.

JA: My sophomore year, I spoke in front of the Board of Governors, which I didn't even know existed. So I spoke about theater. I explained to them what goes on and what we needed from them. And they just sat there, literally, with these smiles plastered to their faces. It's lip service. It's as if they're saying "Yes, there are arts at Harvard, and that's important because Harvard is Arts and Sciences, so there'd better be some arts! And as long as we hear that it's still going on, everything's fine." Going to the Board of Governors of Harvard University was the campiest adventure of my life.