On 27 Feb 1995, M Alyce Fountain wrote:
 
> just a note:
>
> there is a long history of the rpi band being rude to the brown band.
> when i went on the union-rpi road trip in 1993 we experienced
> rudeness similar to what greg described.  in addition, our conductor
> at the time had his band hat (his dad's class of '69 freshman
> beanie, adorned with many band buttons and quite a cultural icon
> to us) snatched off his head (while he was conducting) by an rpi
> fan.  he had to chase the guy into the parking lot (getting slammed
> into the wall and swung at by other fans in the process) and only
> recovered the hat because a friend of the thief convinced him he
> was being an ass.  (corrections, crism?)
>
 
Wrong, wrong, wrong.  I was (cough) in the Brown Band two years ago, and
I remember our conductor's hat being stolen - at COLGATE.  Not RPI.
 
Mike
 
PS No insult to Colgate intended - I thought the whole thing was pretty
funny.