2024-08-23T16:16:22Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/protect-and-defendtag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1653/53202024-08-23T16:16:22ZSursumCorda<p>I hardly think it appropriate to require of music students, many of whom, even in my day but especially now, are not citizens of the United States.</p> <p>But for a voting citizen? It seems to me the least we can do. I don't mean take an oath; I mean honor, protect, and defend the Constitution, which is the very foundation of our land.</p> <p>Or at the very least, read it! I can't believe I got through 17 years of school without ever being required—or even encouraged—to read the most basic of our civic documents.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1653/53192024-08-23T16:00:48ZGrace Kone<p>Oh, yikes, that's right out of the McCarthy era. I remember the entire music school at BU being gathered together and told we had to take that oath. Definitely to the right of Attila the Hun.</p>