Subject: [misc] as Tom Lehrer might have said, satire is dead at Columbia Univ
[Columbia Spectator]
Athletics bans marching band from football finale
The Columbia marching band will be barred from taking part in Saturday's
season-ending game against Brown after offending the football team and athletic
department with its parody of "Roar, Lion, Roar" following the football team's
loss at Cornell last weekend.
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Rather than singing the traditional lyrics to Columbia's century-old fight
song, many members instead belted an original verse that reflected the losing
ways of Lions football - one of a variety of alternative verses that, according
to one band member, are meant only for the band bus and Orgo Night, one of the
band's most notable traditions. The first two lines say it all: "We always
lose, lose, lose; by a lot, and sometimes by a little."
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rest:
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/11/16/athletics-bans-marching-band-football-finale
danny "grew up learning that the truth was a defense against libel,
and satire was fine, too" burstein
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