Oh cool, we can stop fawning over the dinosaur halftime routine.
How do these people get jobs in education?
''What are you doing?'' ''I just shoved a trumpet in your ass, aren't instruments fun?''
The dot all things with tubas.
Jon Waters.
Well, it was definitely "fin." The band director's "fin" that is...
As much as I'd love to roll in on making fun of our rival, this really isn't that big of a deal as far as I'm concerned. Its college. Hope none of the people who complained have never or will never attend a local HHH event.
Edit: Except for the girl who had to interact with her brother. That's gross.
that's the thing. I don't consider most of the things in that article as harassment. It may be a culture that some find uncomfortable, but in the corporate world harassment implies that someone has power over another and its used to get something.
It really does not. I could go down to my HR department, smack someone on the ass or make a sexual comment to someone, gain no "power," and get fired for sexual harassment.
and after looking up the lawful definitions, it may appear that I'm being either naive or overly tolerant. The main point I was trying to make is that I've been part of the HHH for several years and this type of behavior is considered tame in comparison.
And yes, that's what I'm referring to, "hashing." And I'm backing off on my stance, no need to lecture. I get all the feedback, many apologies.
Whoa whoa whoa. Juiced up wrestling heel? Everything I've ever seen/heard/read about Triple H is that in real life he's a really good dude. What makes him a heel?
Other than a professional wrestler, that is?
An adult social group, for the most part.
that doesn't help me at all. Still have no idea what you're talking about.
doesn't seem particularly like something i want to be googling while at work. maybe later.
Maybe your club is just full of degenerates and you're desensitized.
You've heard of hashers then, yes?
They sound like a bunch of pretentious alcoholics who get together to validate their debauchery, and judging by your description of what goes down at the hashing club, that notion appears to be valid.
except pretentious.
Sounds like something a pretentious person would say
*zing!*
forcing you to do something sexual in nature that makes you feel uncomfortable in order to be a part of an organization.
yeah. not harrasment at all.
I know everybody thinks the OSU band is soooooo cool but every time I saw them play all I saw was this
Sloopy
Was he also the band director at Great East Falls High School? I once overheard a redhead say she did some very questionable things at band camp with her flute.
Looks like other poster beat me to the obvious punch
Can't speak for the Michigan Marching Band recently, but I know when I was in it in the early 90's there was NONE of this kind of s*** happening. Hell, one guy got suspended for just making a loud public sexual innuendo towards a girl during a group meeting, and honestly everyone knew he was just being a stupid goofball. But it just wasn't tolerated.
Also, we were told that if we were caught drinking on bowl trips we'd be put on the next flight home. Doesn't mean it still didn't happen, but it was explicitly forbidden, and there was no wink-wink nudge-nudge going on.
I'm not saying we were perfect or anything, but there is no way in hell stuff like this would have ever been tolerated. We were told that we represented the University, and ANYTHING done that would shine a negative light on Michigan was pretty much a zero tolerance zone.
Pasquale would probably literally skin you alive if you were drunk at practice or on a trip.
Apparently the Glock Bus, bus 6 when traveling, was no longer an entity at Michigan by the 1990s. It was a guys-only bus. The motto was "what goes on the Glock Bus stays on the Glock Bus," long before Vegas started using that line in its marketing. We sang tasteless songs, did tasteless things, but it was all in good fun and as soon as we got off the bus we were excessively straight-faced about the whole thing. When Wisconsin's band came to Michigan in 1984 their whole band behaved publicly like we behaved privately on that one bus. We gave them an appropriate Michigan welcome into our practice facility -- we stood aloof. I was in the band from 83-87.
Bus 6 is still the "rowdy" bus (or was 10 years ago), and it's co-ed, but you are correct: No one is there that doesn't want to be there, and when that thing stopped moving, everyone knew they were about to represent the "M" in public and acted accordingly.
The Glocks were still a think in the early 90's but I never did ride on their bus. So maybe some s*** went down on that bus that I never heard about--can't say that it didn't. But there was certainly never anything at a practice or anything that anyone on the staff was ever aware off that was tolerated or tacitly approved of.
I mean, I'm not saying people didn't make sexual jokes--c'mon this is college we're talking about. I'm saying there is a definite difference between people making some crude jokes on a road trip and the stuff talked about in that report.
Yes, that's exactly how it was in the 80's, too. There was zero tolerance for anything remotely inappropriate being done anywhere it could be witnessed by a non-MMB member, and anyone who rode bus 6 was informed of its reputation before riding. We referred to ourselves as "The Gentlemen of Bus 6." And really, what happened on the bus was quite tame; just bar room silliness types of things. "The drinking age of the Michigan Marching Band is 65" was the official line the director told the whole band. Keeping any violations completely secret was part of the fun.
stayed on the Glock Bus. But then again, every other bus had a Captain, we had a Rear Admiral.
And there was a lot expected of you if you were a Glock. Determining exactly the right amount of bags for everyone was a lot of responsibility for 18-20 year olds....
Just after that time, on a band trip, the busses were stopped and several cases of adult beverages were found and removed from bus 6. After that the Glocks were still Glocks, but there was no longer an official Glock Bus. And things were toned down quite a bit.
I marched in the '89 through '92 seasons.
I suspect the Glocks have faded into memory.
A couple times, between the OSU game and the end of the semester, when we knew it would be inside rehearsal only, a few of us went to Dominic's before rehearsal. But thinking about a full rehearsal drunk makes me think about throwing up... :)
Ahhh.... That explains it. I had heard rumors to that effect. RIP Glock bus. I think the Glock bus was a throwback to the days when the band was all-male (which it was into the early 70s, I believe). Apparently the tunnel before pregame was a bawdy place in those days, but no old-timers I ever spoke with were willing to divulge details. Amazing the Free Press never got hold of that story.
"This one time, at band practice..."