The antics of the marching band at Columbia University were not like the banh mi at Oberlin, enraging students with its ciabatta and coleslaw and dark sins of cultural appropriation. Columbia’s reputation for sociality and fun is widely known as the weakest in the Ivy League. Then in December of 2016 came what some students called the actual “war on fun,” or whatever existed of it. The administration told the band it could no longer hold Orgo Night at Butler because it was too loud and distracting. The band would have to take its shenanigans somewhere else.

Source: New York Times February 01, 2019 09:56 UTC