Over the years, college marching bands have been disciplined because of problematic behavior. Here, from Chronicle reports and published accounts, is a roundup:

Stanford University:

-- Suspended for trashing the Band Shak rehearsal trailer, 2006.
-- Student "Tree" mascot suspended for performing while drunk, 2006; replacement "Tree" mascot ejected from women's basketball tournament for dancing in undesignated area.
-- Banned from University of Notre Dame for routine in which conductor, dressed as nun, used crucifix as baton, 1991.
-- Suspended for "mooning" fans, 1986.

UC Davis:

Probation after student director was accused of sexual harassment, 1992.

Texas Tech:

Suspensions for 19 members who attacked mascot "Rex L. the Bat" during University of Texas game, 1995.

Texas Southern University:

Suspensions for 12 members and probation for 17 others for shoplifting on trip to Coca-Cola Bowl in Japan, 1993.

Prairie View A&M, Texas, and Southern University, Louisiana:

Suspended for halftime brawl in which Prairie View's sousaphones were damaged in the amount of $20,000, 1998.

Southern University, Louisiana:

Probation after a freshman band member's knee was injured during hazing, 2001.

University of Wisconsin:

Suspended Friday for hazing, alcohol consumption and "inappropriate sexual behavior." Probation for "seminude dancing," head-shaving and hazing during Michigan road trip, 2006.

Alabama A&M University:

Probation after eight female musicians said they were blindfolded and paddled in a hazing ritual, 2005.

Jackson State University, Mississippi:

Probation for forcing musicians who played their parts incorrectly to do push-ups, 2007.

Florida State University:

Probation for forcing new band members to drink alcohol while blindfolded, 1994.

Florida A&M:

Probation for 74 members who stole items from a hotel in Detroit, 2006.

University of Virginia:

Pep band disbanded after a halftime skit mocking the University of West Virginia as hillbillies, 2002.

Yale University:

Suspensions for four band members who dropped trousers at halftime, 1985.

Now...my question is.....Where are the Marching Chips in this wonderful melay of fun!? Have none of these people ever been told..."What happens on the bus...stays on the bus"? I....want to party with these people!

Thank God for Jack!