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I just thought of one more, thankful this didn't happen to me directly.
NO ONE messes with the director of the Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra. Not students, not professors, not the administration. The LSO is one of the most disciplined and respected musical ensembles on campus, and above and beyond that Symphony Orchestra is a class taken for credit towards graduation, and you do get an orchestra grade on your report card. All string majors are required to play in the orchestra for four years, and many wind and percussion students participate for ensemble credit. That being said...
There was this professor who taught Multicultural Education, a class required for all education majors. He announced to a class one day: "There will be a showing of 'Stand and Deliver' on Thursday night at 7 pm in the Media Center. All of you are required to attend and will receive a much lower grade for the class if you don't. I do not take excuses, I don't want to hear about whatever rehearsals you may have." Now this would not have ordinarily been a problem, except for the fact that the LSO rehearses from 6 to 8:45 on Thursday nights. A cellist who was a music education major found herself in quite the pickle.
She took this information to the director of the LSO, who got very upset (not at the student, obviously), and contacted not only the dean of the conservatory of music but the education dept. chair and the dean of the faculty as well. A nasty memo also ensued, and in the end the cellist was allowed to skip the movie.
That'll teach him to mess with music majors.
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