The
History of FAB
The founding of FAB goes back
to the fall of 1993. The idea grew out of discussions with college
deans Steve Watter, Randy Milden and Dr. David Ramirez, a member
of the Psychological Services staff, Rob Wellen '96 and James
LeVan '95. Jim was the outgoing head of JSAAPP and Rob was the
incoming one. That fall, Rob was told there was no money for a
student activities director (which Bryn Mawr had and almost every
school in the country). So, with approval from the Deans Office,
JSAAPP put together the idea for FAB. A contest was held name
this silly, fledging organization that would plan non-alcoholic
activities. Rob's roommate at the time, John Agnew '96, coined
the term FAB ('Fords Against Boredom)! Despite what another roommate
called "an idiotic name," plans moved ahead. A truly
ad hoc committee became the first FAB. Not much was done that
fall, with the exception of planning a 1980s themed dance. The
group continued to grow after Rob and his committee (John Agnnew
'96, Rachel Levy '96 and a few of Rob's other friends) stepped
down. Matt Unterman '97 and Kevin Mulhern '97. With pushing from
the Students Council the first ever Student Activities Coordinator
was hired - Kristi Littel '94, who helped FAB continue to gro.
In the spring of 1997, Kevin and Matt stepped down as heads of
FAB, and Elliot Targum '99 and Jon McCandlish '99 stepped in.
Through Elliot and Jon's dedication, FAB was resuscitated from
near-death and brought back to continue its mission of providing
successful alternatives to doing nothing on weekend nights.
After Kristi's
departure, Zach First '97, Student Activities Coordinator, approached
Elliot and Jon with the idea of combining forces through FAB to
make Haverford's campus social life better than ever. Everyone
loved the idea, so Elliot and Jon were appointed FAB heads and
Zach became a standing member of FAB. Kate Smolenski '98 and Howard
Glasser '00 were then appointed by Students Council as the first-ever
FAB reps, and the all-new, better than ever FAB was born! In 2000,
Zach departed and Amy Ham was hired as the new Student Activities
Coordinator. Amy continued to help grow FAB by having them run
the weekly Film Series which has become a staple in the lives
of students on the weekend. In 2006, Jason McGraw took over as
the Student Acitivities Coordinator and has pledged to continue
the many great traditions established by FAB and help grow new
ones!
As it has
since 1993, Fords Against Boredom coordinates, organizes, and
funds alcohol-free social events for Haverford students. We do
not give out money to organizations looking to organize social
events, but we do co-sponsor events with other organizations when
we are able to be involved from the outset in planning, funding,
publicizing, and running the event. Our mission is to provide
free activities to 'Fords that will allow them to have fun, meet
new people, and do something a little bit different than what
they might normally do on a Friday or Saturday night. We take
this mission very seriously, and we always welcome feedback or
suggestions.
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Haverfest '06 |
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FAB
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