Statistics 08-09 (Year by the Numbers)
Power outage leaves Yard in the dark: around 8:20 p.m.
Let there be light, again: 2:42 a.m.
Power returned: 2008 Harvard-Yale Game Score: 10-0
Temperature at 2008 Harvard-Yale Game, in Farenheit: Really, really, really cold.
Harvard real estate holdings: 4,947 acres
Number of student centers: 0 centers
Fall-term enrollment in Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics”: 812 students
Harvard Endowment Loss: Over eight billion
Length of Girl Talk’s performance: 20 minutes
Number of times CEB representatives swore at the audience: A whole fucking lot.
Harvard professors lost to the Obama Administration: 13 professors
Yale professors lost to the Obama Administration: 1 professor
Yardfest attendance: 7,100 people
Number of songs students could sing along to: 1 (“I’m not going to write you a love song...”)
Members of the Harvard Class of 2013 Facebook.com group: 1,208 members
Number of posts under “Trying on APs?... Is it worth it anymore?”: 25
Number of trees planted for the Dalai Lama: 1 tree
Number of student and faculty members present at Memorial Church, for the Dalai Lama’s talk, “Educating the Heart”: over 900
Number of cars secured for Dalai Lama and his crew: Entourage-worthy
Number of cases of “probable” swine flu at the Harvard Dental School: 3 cases
Number of tourists wearing face masks: Countless.
Days of 2007-2008 Summer Vacation: 115 days
Days of 2008-2009 Summer Vacation: 103 days
