April 13, 2007

Rocking the Ivory Tower

By SIERRA MILLMAN

At universities across the country, professors from all disciplines are forming bands — tuning their guitars, turning on their amps, and rocking out. We talked with several of them and learned that in rock 'n' roll, as in academe, certain rules apply.

REHEARSE WHEN YOU CAN: Some faculty bands don't rehearse until a gig is looming and others practice every week, but all aim to entertain more than impress.

"We clearly are a bunch of academics," says Mark A. Ferguson,

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