Have you Herd? | INFORUM | Fargo, North Dakota - Moorhead, Minnesota
Reading this article is a bit bittersweet. Myself and most of my friends from college worked hard to perform and serve NDSU in the marching band and basketball pep band. I was among the few who served 4 years in the marching band, and hardly ever missed a basketball game. We went to UND and got spat on, we were there when the team was terrible during Bob Babich's last season. I spent endless games for basketball hoping we would have enough people to cover all the parts. The band was a second family to me in college, full of rich traditions and tons of fun.
It is awesome that President Chapman finally realized what the band contributes, but PLEASE stop making it sound like it was the fault of the members that the uniforms were shoddy and "Division II". Members of the band have true Bison spirit, more than most of the drunk tail gators interviewed for this article. Most of the time the student section would barely acknowledge our presence at the games when we performed. It was the administration's and the student body's lack of interest and credit (both from the music department and the president's office), that got the band down to that point.
As a member of Tau Beta Sigma, the band support sorority, I remember requesting new uniforms every year between 2001-2004. I paid "band dues" for marching band every semester, in addition, I also paid tuition for the 1 credit I received. In return I gave the University most of my Saturdays, plus extra appearances during Homecoming, Blue Key, etc. Student can tell when their efforts are not appreciated......thanks NDSU for making that crystal clear to me today.
Oh...and for that alumni donation....I'll get back to you on that....
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