Columbia Silences Its Marching Band

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Post by vo2maxer » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 3:36 PM UTC

Columbia Silences Its Marching Band
nytimes.com

Re: Columbia Silences Its Marching Band

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Post by souterrain » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 4:42 PM UTC

I hope some absurdly rich alumnus tightens the vice on Columbia over this behavior, as they are likely the only constituency with any power over the matter.

Re: Columbia Silences Its Marching Band

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Post by electricslpnsld » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 4:47 PM UTC

As a Columbia grad I'm not surprised at all... the Columbia Administration is insanely conservative. I have never experienced as entrenched of a bureaucracy as I did at Columbia!

Re: Columbia Silences Its Marching Band

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Post by thebiglebrewski » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

Wow, what a sad state of affairs. Being a geeky band kid myself and drum major growing up, what can ex-marching band kids around the nation do to stop the scourge of this power-tripping athletic coach?! Just as at my high school, it looks like the football team itself hasn't won a championship in years. When the team sucks go ahead and blame the band, because you're not busy building a winning team. Go figure!

Re: Columbia Silences Its Marching Band

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Post by tricolon » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 5:12 PM UTC

electricslpnsld wrote: post #3

As a Columbia grad I'm not surprised at all... the Columbia Administration is insanely conservative. I have never experienced as entrenched of a bureaucracy as I did at Columbia!

The War on Fun rages on as ever.

Re: Columbia Silences Its Marching Band

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Post by pnutjam » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 5:15 PM UTC

No paywall https://deadspin.com/columbia-university-wipes-out-its-delig... chaotic-1838467749

Re: Columbia Silences Its Marching Band

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Post by vo2maxer » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 5:25 PM UTC

electricslpnsld wrote: post #3

As a Columbia grad I'm not surprised at all... the Columbia Administration is insanely conservative. I have never experienced as entrenched of a bureaucracy as I did at Columbia!

I attended Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in the late seventies and early eighties, and two groups who stood out were the Bard Hall Players and Columbia University Marching Band. They were made up of talented, creative and hilariously irreverent students. Come on, has the administration lost the ability to laugh? Who wrote Plato’s Republic? is pure gold just as Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 5:30 PM UTC

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Post by sverige » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 5:30 PM UTC

souterrain wrote: post #2

I hope some absurdly rich alumnus tightens the vice on Columbia over this behavior, as they are likely the only constituency with any power over the matter.

No one has that kind of influence on Ivy League schools now. They all have multi-billion dollar endowments.

Re: Columbia Silences Its Marching Band

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 05, 2019, 5:32 PM UTC

souterrain wrote: post #2

I hope some absurdly rich alumnus tightens the vice on Columbia over this behavior, as they are likely the only constituency with any power over the matter.

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