Earlier quoted context omitted.
Columbia '15 here, the existence of the marching band was the only thing that made me feel any sense of school spirit in my time there.
'12, same
‘08, same
Columbia Silences Its Marching Band
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#32I 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.
I suspect Columbia’s replacing the marching band because of an absurdly rich alumnus.
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#34> Joe Schwartz, a 1992 graduate and former lawyer, said of his band experience, which began by playing a blowtorch, “It’s probably not a coincidence that I’m in the chair asking the dean for one more chance and then I’m the one in front of the judge asking for one more chance.”
Nice.
While the administration's disingenuous rulebook-throwing is fooling no one and tarnishing the university's reputation, it is healthy to have an occasional reminder that the government/administration is not your friend, and a movement of the people, which a scramble band is, would do well to find its way as independent citizens.
Columbia University football team sues for divorce from the band? My bet is on the band coming out on top.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Conservative as in resistant to change, traditional. Not Conservative as in politics. You’d expect a conservative group to be entrenched.
> Conservative as in resistant to change ...but this article is about them making a change to their marching band rather than leaving it be as it has been for years?
Changing something to make it more traditional is a conservative action.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
What are the two pieces you reference?
To Columbia alumni, these two are well known and special:
1. Bard Hall Players: https://www.ps.columbia.edu/education/academic-programs/md-p...
2. Columbia University Marching Band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_Marching_B...
Edit: After replying, I realized you may have meant the last sentence with the questions. The “Who wrote Plato’s Republic?” is at the end of the New York Times piece. As to the other one, Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?, here: https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/07/grants-tomb/492647...
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#37I didn't attend Columbia, but can confirm that us tenor sax players can get a bit rowdy.