The entire-- yes, every last member-- of the University of Wisconsin marching band has been suspended indefinitely as part of an investigation into the sexual and alcoholic abuse going on among its makeup.
This isn't the first time these "damn kids!" have been in trouble with authority figures...
According to NBC Sports:
In February 2007 the marching band’s assistant
director Michael Lorenz resigned after an internal report criticized
his treatment of a female colleague during a rowdy band trip to
Michigan in 2006.
Reports
of band members’ hazing, alcohol use and inappropriate sexual behavior
prompted the university to put the band on probation after the trip.
Then-Chancellor John Wiley threatened band members with losing performance and travel privileges.
Wiley, in an October 2006 letter to Leckrone, called band members’ behavior “boorish to patently dangerous and unlawful.”
Apparently, no one has ever seen Animal House. Comparatively, this is a Bible retreat... although God only knows what deviant sexual activities go on after the witching hour at one of those events.
Meanwhile, back to Wisconsin... the charges against the 2008 marching band edition include "hazing, alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct," according to officials at the University. Unfortunately, they were unwilling to divulge any more juicy details, but we can use our imaginations... just like we did after seeing American Pie with Alyson Hannigan and her band camp escapades...
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