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Columbia 2008

Princeton at Columbia
​​October 4th, 2008
Princeton wins 27-24


Pregame
No pregame show records available for this game.

Halftime
Still facing legal action, it’s the Princeton University Band!

[Band marches out, playing Princeton Forward March]

With Wall Street almost reduced to smoldering rubble and both the Mets and the Yankees eliminated from the MLB playoffs, it’s looking pretty bleak in New York nowadays. New Yorkers 
must have done something to incur the wrath of the gods. Was it:
  • Shutting down Coney Island to make way for more condos?
  • Creating Manhattan clam chowder?
  • Laughing at jokes in King of Queens?
  • Misunderstanding King Kong?
  • Sashaying down the Avenue of Remembrance?
  • Tearing down slums in Harlem in favor of building Ivy League sports stadiums?
  • Putting a French Maid costume on the Statue of Liberty?
  • Skipping church on Sunday to watch Brett Favre’s debut?
  • Changing public opinion on Spiderman so often?
  • Or was it that investment bankers began reneging on their Faustian bargains?

Forming the angry hand of God smiting New York, the Band feels pity for I-Bankers, and joins them in singing the “Wall Street Blues.”

[Band forms the Hand of God,, plays “Basin St. Blues”]

Recently, Columbia received the grade of A- from the Sustainable Endowments Institute for its efforts towards making their campus more environmentally friendly. However, the Band did some digging around and found a few things that Columbia has been doing to inflate their sustainability grades:
  • Watching TV by candlelight
  • Rerouting sewage to NYU
  • Recycling 6-pack holders as trendy sea otter necklaces
  • To save paper, diplomas are now being printed on recycled Chinese take-out menus
  • They disbanded the Columbia Tree Burning Club
  • In an effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, freshmen must hold their breath every 8th minute
  • All showers are being replaced with baths in the East River
  • To completely eradicate all pollution, Columbia gave students a semester-long Earth Day vacation

Urging Columbia students to remain on hiatus for Earth Year, the band forms a tree and plays “Holiday.”

[Band forms a tree, plays “Holiday”]

​Drive your Hummers away… no… 
run away, Band!
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