On Wed, 16 Mar 1994, John R. Nash wrote: > > And oh yes, the Harvard administration has tried to crack down on > "inappropriate" cheers by the band and crowd. When I was there ('87-'91), > "suck" was a four-letter word, but we sometimes forgot that. :-) Banners > would often get confiscated and certain cheers were strictly "back of the > band" cheers, done without the express consent of the band staff. Of > course, they were usually the funniest... > With the explicit exception of the "Black Hole" cheer, the word "suck" is again a four-letter word for the Band. :( There are easy ways around this ("schmuck" sounds enough the same, and most cases "sieve" suffices anyway), and I can see where we were falling into a rut with "Hey, ____ {Gates, Thomas, ...}, ____ {the LAPD, Anita Hill, ...} called, he/she/they said you suck!" Still, it's not quite the same... --Matt Matt Bruce ([log in to unmask]); my opinions are uniquely mine.