Universities Rethink Fight Songs To Ban Lyrics
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah is seeking input on updating its fight song, “I’m a Utah Man.”
Some say the lyrics, which include phrases like “our coeds are the fairest,” are sexist, while others want to stick with tradition.
University of Utah President David Pershing has asked the Office of Student Affairs to form a committee that will weigh changes to the song, “Utah Man” after student government leaders and a faculty body passed resolutions urging the changes.
The debate is not limited to the University of Utah.
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NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
In 2003, some alumni at New Mexico State University lobbied for the school to rethink boozy references in its fight song that includes the line, “And when we win this game we’ll buy a keg of booze and drink it to the Aggies ’til we wobble in our shoes.” The critics chanted a revised version of the song at a football game, but other fans booed, causing them to drop the effort for change.
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