February 23, 2001
After Brew-haha, Victory Song Prevails
A beer song is back on tap at the University of Iowa.
University officials had told the Hawkeye Marching Band last month to put a lid on the lyrics of "In Heaven There Is No Beer" after a local resident, Tom Aunan, complained that the song promotes drinking.
Band members could play the song, officials decided, but not sing the words.
For Iowa students, the edict verged on blasphemy, considering that band members, along with cheering crowds, have belted out the words to
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