Posted on 09/08/2015 10:52:05 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MANHATTAN, Kan., - Kansas State University apologized for a marching band routine that some complained looked like male genitalia assaulting the University of Kansas mascot.
University officials said the formation during halftime of Saturday's season opener against South Dakota was supposed to depict the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek engaged in battle with the University of Kansas Jayhawk, but some social media users complained the Enterprise shape looked more like a set of male genitals.
"We apologize for anyone offended by our halftime performance depicting the starship enterprise and the Jayhawk mascot," a message on the marching band's official Twitter account reads.
Kansas State president Kirk Shultz tweeted he was "sorry if anyone was offended by the performance at half-time."
Frank Tracz, the school's marching band director, posted a chart online showing how the formation was supposed to look.
"The chart below represents the drill from tonight’s show. There was absolutely no intent to display anything other...
Me neither.
Show me a KU fan and I’ll show you a complete wus.
The complainers aren’t stupid.
They’re evil. They’re deliberately lying.
They should be flogged. Or pilloried. Literally. Let folks pelt them with rotten garbage.
I was assuming that it was ‘trying’ to be a Jayhawk ;-)
And I could see how the other thing was trying to be a Starship...
-JT
Those were left on the blue dress
Rock Chalk Chickenhawk!
You mean “arrogant wuss”.
Yeah, a lot of them.
To me it looked no more like a Hillary’s vagina than it did a phallic symbol. Then again, on second thought, it may look like Hillary’s vagina.
Anyone who lived in the 50s knows that K State’s marching band was defending Manhattan from this!
The Giant Claw (1957) - Rotten Tomatoes
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/giant_claw
Video embedded · With wires barely showing to the naked eye, a gigantic low-budget bird from outer space swoops down, lays an egg on Quebec and threatens to destroy …
Picture here:
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq309/zerdiyi/CLAW2.jpg
An imaginary spaceship defending against an imaginary giant bird! The marching band formation and the controversy, both seriously dumb.
It might be Bill Clinton’s penis but I can’t tell who he is attacking
Losing to South Dakota State will do that.
Is that a stalactite in Kirk’s hand, or is he just happy to see us?
DANG!
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