Goshen College
1700 South Main Street
Goshen, Indiana 46526
Toll free: 1 (800) 348-7422
Local: (574) 535-7000
E-mail: info@goshen.edu
Dean’s Office
Phone: (574) 535-7503
Fax: (574) 535-7060
Email: dean@goshen.edu
Other contact info here.
NBC Washington reports:
Tiny Goshen College in Indiana has banned the "The Star Spangled Banner: at all sporting events because the Mennonite school's president considers the National Anthem's words to be too violent.
The 1,000-student school had already banned the words last year, but the band could still play the music for patriots in attendance. Now, the school has banned the song entirely, according to NBC Sports.
The school’s board of directors told college President Jim Brenneman to “find an alternative to playing the National Anthem that fits with sports tradition, that honors country and that resonates with Goshen College’s core values and respects the views of diverse constituencies.”
The words were already banned, but now the music is unacceptable to this school as well.
The Star Spangled Banner is considered the national anthem of the United States of America.It was accepted as such by public demand for the next century or so, but became even more accepted as the national anthem during the World Series of Baseball in 1917 when it was sung in honor of the brave armed forces fighting in the Great War. The World Series performance moved everyone in attendance, and after that it was repeated for every game. Finally, on March 3, 1931, the American Congress proclaimed it as the national anthem, 116 years after it was first written.
Yet the music alone is too "violent" for the clowns running the show at Goshen College.
Lyrics found here.
I say patriotic Americans should let the idiots of Goshen College know what they think of this.
[Update] Since the order came from the board of directors, perhaps that contact information should be available as well.
Please direct any correspondence to Rick Stiffney, Board Chair, at rick@mhsonline.org
List of board of directors and upcoming meetings.
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Paul Bast
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Philip E. Bontrager, vice chair
Archbold, Ohio
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Miriam F. Book
Henderson, Neb.
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Conrad Clemens
Tucson, Ariz.
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Calenthia Dowdy
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Rose Gillin
Goshen, Ind.
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Felipe Hinojosa
College Station, Texas
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Ken Hochstetler
Souderton, Pa.
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Ivorie G. Lowe
Markham, Ill.
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Timothy Oyer
Boston, Mass.
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Faith Penner
Harper, Kan.
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Rick Stiffney, chair
Goshen, Ind.
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Karen Maxam Weaver
Edwardsburg, Mich.
Upcoming board meetings:
2011
October 14-15
2012
February 17-18
June 1-2
October 12-13