Three days before the football home opener, Columbia University has said its band is prohibited from performing at all future athletics events.

Instead, the school plans to hire community music groups to perform at home events this semester.

The Columbia Spectator reported that there’s been tension between the band and administration for years. Part of this stems from the band defying orders and continuing to play at “Orgo Night,” which is held the day before the Organic Chemistry exam, which is always on the first day of finals. At midnight exactly, the band reportedly occupies the main reading room of the library to distract diligent students from studying. The strategy is an attempt to lower the curve of the Orgo exam.

After being threatened with sanctions, it held Orgo Night the next spring. But in October last year, the band was informed that a large portion of its budget, specifically funding from Columbia College and Columbia Engineering, would be cut starting this academic year, a decision which many band members believed to be a punishment for Orgo Night.

Student life administrators then advised the band to seek recognition from a student governing board, but the band failed to meet the established deadlines.

So not only is it barred from playing at athletics events, its funding is no longer provided from Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, or Columbia Athletics.

One member of the band said it will stay together despite the news.

“The band will not disappear. We’ll still be here, just not at the football stadium. The show must go on, the band will continue to play,” Cameron Danesh said.