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Columbia University band shuts down, cites troubled history

| September 16, 2020 2:27 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The Columbia University Marching Band, which had run-ins with school administration over the years over situations like mocking its own team, has decided to voluntarily shut itself down over what it called a history “grounded in prejudiced culture and traditions."

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