Originally Posted by Stumpy 
Okay, so this would go against the attempt to keep drinking out of Veishea, but what about holding it the week of finals? Cut down on the celebrations during the week (but leave the outdoor food and inflatable games and such for students to relax and enjoy the weather for a while). Then make Friday and Saturday the big blast with good weather all but guaranteed, and it truly becomes a celebration of Iowa State honoring another successful academic year.
Possible concerns that I foresee would be the increased drinking (and outright disregard possibly resulting from occurring after classes), interference with graduation ceremonies (and on-campus student move-out), and preparation by student groups. The tradeoffs might be too much, but I'm curious to know others' opinions.
I don't think it's that bad of an idea but I don't think this would ever be possible. Along with the concerns you mentioned, Veishea is also a student-run celebration and holding it the week of finals would mean that people involved in running Veishea would not be able to spend much, if any, time concentrating on finals. I still think holding it the week before dead week is ideal. I can understand moving it around to avoid Easter but there was no reason to do that this year and look what happened. Next weekend's forecast also looks pretty nice and that's when it usually is. This Veishea was a huge bust and it's unfortunate because it was my last one as a student. It would be a shame if they got rid of it totally. The last 2 Veishea's were the week before dead week and pretty much problem-free and very successful. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
