By Corbin Cavellaro

I want to say thanks. I want to thank my Springfest partner coordinator Jenny Chon. I want to thank the rest of Program Board too, Ben and Paul and Katie and Lexi and Eboni and of course Allison Greenlee. I want to thank professors whose classes I’ve missed, I want to thank every hardworking person in Facilities, and I want to thank all the staff that worked with us in putting this together. I want to thank Robin Hart Ruthenbeck. I want to thank everyone who joined the Springfest Facebook group and helped choose our headliner. I want to thank Tom Puterbaugh, the high school English teacher who introduced me to Blackalicious when I was 17. I want to thank all the Andrews, Adams, Ians, Philips, Deannes, Caras, Cheryls, and Pauls that made booking the bands possible. I want to thank the bands. I want to thank The Muskies. I want to thank Jon and Tom and Terry. I want to thank every critical late-night email, every complaint, every unfounded rumor. I want to thank everybody that clicked the box that says “Attending.” I want to thank Sam Anderson, the poster and T-shirt artist. I want to thank everyone who bought a T-shirt, and I want to thank everyone who wore a T-shirt, and I want to thank everyone who said “I don’t get the T-shirts.” I want to thank April. I want to thank the kid from Century College who moshed during Japanther. I want to thank Edwin and Peter. I want to thank every person who gave up some of their time on Friday and Saturday to help us set up and keep Springfest going. I want to thank Anthony and his friend Michael Phelps. I want to thank every person in the crowd who threw their hands up when Gift of Gab told them to. I want to thank Rich. I want to thank Lucky Dragons for creating the Sumi Ink Club, and I want to thank Kit and Anna and Christine and Laura for that lecture. I want to thank Margaret and Terence and Nolan and that guy from Total Music. I want to thank my friends who one night decided it would be totally awesome to have a temporary tattoo parlor. I want to thank everyone currently sleeping in a few Kirk dorm rooms that came up for Springfest. I want to thank guys named Reid and Brandon and Alan, and I want to thank whoever controls the weather in Minnesota. I want to thank everyone I forgot to thank. I want to thank every single person who goes to this school, because Springfest wouldn’t have happened without you guys. You guys fucking were awesome. So thanks.