Spring concerts might be the best investments colleges make. The year's almost over, students are sick of school, and, in the heat of studying for exams, it's easy to think the administration just doesn't give a damn. But then they drop a thick wad on a sweet concert and, as you sway gently to Ben Folds' lilting piano, you realize you had it all wrong-someone really does care.

Usually, that is. In some cases, however, the student selection committee botches it so bad that the concert can actually ruin an otherwise great spring.  

We did a quick survey to see which schools booked which bands to perform at their spring concerts. The results are, frankly, stunning:

Brown - The Flaming Lips, Soulive, The Roots, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Misson of Burma, Yo La Tengo
Cornell - T.I., TV on the Radio
Columbia - Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Blackalicious
Dartmouth - Third Eye Blind
Harvard - Third Eye Blind
Penn - Ben Folds, Third Eye Blind
Princeton - Third Eye Blind
Yale - T.I., Sister Hazel

Seriously?! How has Third Eye Blind suddenly become the hottest ticket on the Ivy circuit? Did Chumbawumba, the New Radicals, and Deep Blue Something all have bar mitzvahs booked up?

Brown clearly takes the prize for best lineup. (It's hard to compete with an entire college of future East Village concert promoters.) Columbia, which has a history of booking outstanding rap artists (and Naughty By Nature), puts up a good showing, too. (Although Del, whose best song opens with the line "It's important to practice good hygiene," might have been a better fit for Brown.) We're also impressed Yale and Cornell both have T.I. lined up, even after The King walked off stage during a recent concert at Duke. Watch some dweebish Yalie try to correct his grammar: "Excuse me, Mr. I., it's who I am."