Smoggy Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Hearing rumors at the game that Faison cut the band this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 You're joking right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Nothing confirmed. Am just hearing rumors so maybe they are being reduced??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Just got from very reliable source that not being cut. Hope that is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreyAnt41 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 My contacts are probably at the hockey game right now so I'm not going to bother them. But if you get any more info, please post it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Random because I don't believe the band or their budget falls under athletics though they obviously work closely together on a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 That would be unfortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 You would have think that something like that would have leak on social media by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreyAnt41 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 29 minutes ago, jdub27 said: Random because I don't believe the band or their budget falls under athletics though they obviously work closely together on a lot of things. They're in a weird situation. At least when I was there, it was a strange mix of music department and athletics. They get some funding from each department. But in my mind, there's no way they could cut The Pride, which is primarily the marching band for football, and still have a respectable division 1 football program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 They should cut sports before the band. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Sounds like rumors were wrong on faison. Now hearing it was the Dean of arts and sciences doing 4% cuts but gutting music massively. Not sure if pride was ever on chopping block but apparently big donor already came in guns ablazing complaining. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDPritch Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Cratter said: They should cut sports before the band. Agree. I realize title 9 plays a big part so perhaps cut men's tennis and cross-country and also women's tennis to save bucks. Those are life-long adult sports/recreation that are single/duo with playing/training opportunities well into later years of life (e.g. unlike football, baseball, hockey,...). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas_Sioux Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 50 minutes ago, Smoggy said: Sounds like rumors were wrong on faison. Now hearing it was the Dean of arts and sciences doing 4% cuts but gutting music massively. Not sure if pride was ever on chopping block but apparently big donor already came in guns ablazing complaining. Hence why a doc was recently profiled on studio one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxfan512 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 28 minutes ago, Vegas_Sioux said: Hence why a doc was recently profiled on studio one I was a band member through college and Doc was a true pleasure to have known. All around great guy, as was band director Robert Brooks. Absolute privilege to have known those guys. True gentleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I had heard the band was being cut also. Had heard about it Friday afternoon, same time I heard that they are trying to cut the music therapy department. Agree that it would be bad to cut the Pride of the North. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 25 minutes ago, dmksioux said: I had heard the band was being cut also. Had heard about it Friday afternoon, same time I heard that they are trying to cut the music therapy department. Agree that it would be bad to cut the Pride of the North. Might be worse to cut the therapy. Not offered many places which means those kids can't transfer. Might open up lawsuits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post northernraider Posted March 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2016 Isn't there a vice president that can be cut? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 11 hours ago, Smoggy said: Sounds like rumors were wrong on faison. Now hearing it was the Dean of arts and sciences doing 4% cuts but gutting music massively. Not sure if pride was ever on chopping block but apparently big donor already came in guns ablazing complaining. It wouldn't have been surprising for them to have some cuts as there were a lot of cuts made across the University as required by the governor. Athletics took on $1 million themselves. 10 hours ago, GDPritch said: Agree. I realize title 9 plays a big part so perhaps cut men's tennis and cross-country and also women's tennis to save bucks. Those are life-long adult sports/recreation that are single/duo with playing/training opportunities well into later years of life (e.g. unlike football, baseball, hockey,...). Those are all required by the Big Sky. The only sports that aren't are M&W hockey, M&W swimming and diving and baseball. If there are sports cut, look to that list for the options (while making sure to take Title IX into account). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreyAnt41 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I did get confirmation from a very reliable source that the band is not being cut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkster Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 10 hours ago, northernraider said: Isn't there a vice president that can be cut? Would you settle for an Athletic Director instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 On 3/6/2016 at 11:12 PM, Smoggy said: Might be worse to cut the therapy. Not offered many places which means those kids can't transfer. Might open up lawsuits. I have heard that the Music Therapy program has been suspended indefinitely, which is unfortunate. One would think they would look to cut music performance before music therapy. In the business I work with, we utilize music therapists to work with people who have dementia. Music Therapy has huge potential to make a difference for people with dementia as a non-pharmacological intervention. Not really sure what types of jobs people with a music performance degree can get...I suppose music teachers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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