Events were annoying inappropriate almost ALL of the time. "I lost my watch..." is not an appropriate event. I read Newspeak. Every week, it gives me something to do during my 8 or 9am classes. Every week there are a TON of Newspeaks at 8am and a good percentage of them have disappeared by the evening.
Sidewalk chalk, if done appropriately is a good form of advertising. As are flyers. I don't think most people disregard them. They see them on the ground and if a word jumps out at them and they want to attend such and such an event, they will.
I don't read the bboard, but I subscribe to most of the newsgroups where campuswide announcements should be made: wpi.news, wpi.events, wpi.announce, and few, if any, campus events are advertised here. Movies are almost NEVER advertised in these spots. They Might be Giants and Dinosaur Jr. are coming this year to WPI. I found out about all of those through word of mouth and posters and chalkings. Not through any newsgroups.
Ideally, it is true, events should be moderated. But, the suggestion has been made several times by different people and always the response is the same "who is going to moderate it?" The sysadmins have their hands full already. The CCC could spend it's money some other way FAR more effectively than by hiring an events moderator.
Personally, I'm very glad events is dead. I hated wading through all the pointless posts just to see if anything interesting was on campus. Now people advertise other ways and it takes me less time to find out about any random event.
Robert McDonald, '99