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*A little over a year later, after the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major, 26-year-old Robert Champion, twelve former band mates have been charged with manslaughter. Two others have been charged in the incident as well. According to the Huffington Post, defendants are facing 15-year prison sentences. Champion died in November 2011 in [...]
*Dang, they just don’t get it at Florida A&M University. A student dance team at the school was suspended Tuesday after a parent reported that hazing had occurred at an off-campus event, the school said in a statement. An anonymous tip from a parent Tuesday afternoon alleged that the Torque Dance Team had been involved [...]
*Florida A&M marching band member Dante Martin faces felony hazing charges in relation to the death of former FAMU drum major Robert Champion. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Authorities say Champion was beaten to death in November by Marching 100 members during a hazing incident aboard one of the band’s charter buses. Martin is [...]
*(Via CNN) – The president of Florida A&M University announced his resignation Wednesday, more than seven months after a drum major for the university band died following a hazing incident. “After considerable thought, introspection and conversations with my family, I have decided to resign from my position as president in order to initiate my retirement [...]
*(Via AJC.com) – Florida A&M University is planning to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and revamp school policies in the wake of the brutal hazing death of a school drum major. University trustees and top university officials said Wednesday that they are taking steps to deal with they called a “crisis” and a “significant [...]
*Distressed by the recent hazing death of Florida A&M University band student Robert Champion Jr., a coalition of black fraternities and sororities have teamed with civil rights leader Al Sharpton and others in pledging to work harder to end the practice. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Leaders of the coalition told reporters Thursday that the [...]
*The infamous Florida A&M University Marching 100 is suspended for another year following the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion this past November. The FAMU’s president, James Ammons, told the school board of trustees that he’s keeping them off the field until 2013 as 11 of band members face felony-hazing charges. Two others face [...]
*The parents of a FAMU student who was hazed to death have revealed he was gay, according to CBS News.* Close to two months after the death of Robert Champion, his parents have revealed their son’s sexual orientation adding another layer to the already controversial case. Champion was murdered November 19th in a harsh beating [...]
*(Via Washington Post) – Gov. Rick Scott’s active involvement–some would say meddling–into the hazing scandal at Florida A&M University could cost the school its accreditation. Scott has admonished school leaders in the wake of the hazing scandal that led to the death of drum major Robert Champion Jr.. He also urged the university’s board of [...]
*About a month after the hazing-linked death of FAMU band member Robert Champion, Miami-area U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson has announced plans to introduce a bill that would address hazing on a federal level, reports the Miami New Times. “Hazing is demeaning, dangerous, and, sadly, deadly,” said Rep. Wilson in a release. “It’s time that we [...]
*Florida A&M’s president will keep his job after the university board of trustees Monday rejected a call from Gov. Rick Scott that James Ammons be suspended while the hazing death of a band member is investigated. As previously reported, the decision comes three days after the state medical examiner ruled that 26-year-old Robert Champion’s Nov. [...]
*The board of trustees at Florida A&M is expected to consider today a request from Gov. Rick Scott that the university’s president be suspended while officials conduct an investigation into various issues at the school, including the hazing death of a band member. An investigation is under way following the death of Robert Champion Jr., [...]
*The unexpected death of Florida A&M University marching band drum major Robert Champion has been ruled a homicide according to USA Today. After being found in the back of a tour bus, the college student’s death looked like the result of a hazing incident. The Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the 26-year-old’s death was [...]
*Authorities in Florida looking into the unexplained death of a drum major at Florida A&M University said Wednesday the investigation has uncovered possible fraud at the school reports CNN. During the “scores of interviews” that have been conducted, “there was evidence gleaned that there were financial irregularities having to do with the band and several [...]
Urban Meyer just got the new head coaching job at Ohio State University. His $4 million annual salary makes him one of the highest paid coaches in college football; Before he was fired from Syracuse University for allegations of sexual misconduct, assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine’s salary was a reported $300,000; Before he was terminated [...]
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