It’s just to my college newspaper, but I’m still proud of myself for doing it. Not only was the writer a terrible interviewer, but her article was just bizarre, irrelevant, and made us look bad for no reason. We’ll see if this gets published tomorrow!

To the Editor:
I found the inclusion of the Brown Band in the article by Z.C. ’11 (“Bands’ misconduct lands them in hot water,” Oct. 15) to be somewhat misleading. The fact that the Brown Band is a scatter band as opposed to a marching band does not signify merely a difference in performance, but also a very distinct difference in culture – and as in any study of culture, generalizing can be problematic. I would have expected an article perhaps comparing our culture to that of the Princeton Band, which has been in the news lately for offending Citadel cadets, rather than to the alleged hazing culture of the UC Davis marching band. We certainly have a history of mischief among other scatter bands, but this has nothing to do with hazing. To include the Brown Band in this list of misbehaving marching bands, without any further explanation, seems to imply otherwise.

S.C. ‘10