stanfurd banned, Part IV

Hmmm...stanfurd band alums may be the problem...from the Palo Alto Daily News.

Following their season of probation, the Stanford Band will not be permitted to play a field show.

Band spokesman and trumpet player Chris Holt said he believed this was the first time the band had been relegated to the bleachers for the Big Game.

[snip]

Restrictions placed on the band this fall also include barring any alumni or local residents from playing with them.

Band manager Adam Cohen said traditionally 20 to 30 non-students join the band's ranks at the Big Game.

"It's a big loss," he said.

[snip]

Although he had not received an official explanation for the alumni ban, he had heard that some of the band's "disorderliness might be due to the fact that the alumni were around.

"Some people found that alumni were a bad influence by perpetuating stories about the old days," he said.

In an editorial in the stanfurd rag:

At the same time, the Band needs to ensure that its sense of humor is not destructive. Somewhere along the line, its shenanigans just stopped being funny. [rallybear - that line was crossed in 1892] Banned from several major airlines and multiple public places, the Band has long had a reputation for being irreverent almost to the point of disrespect. Over the years, it managed to walk the fine line between legal trouble and creative humor, and is still well-loved on campus as one of the few remaining bastions of gleeful audacity. However, the recent vandalism of its own Shak speaks volumes about the extent to which the Band has spiraled out of control.