Year By the Numbers

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