Florida A&M University is getting serious about the culture of hazing at the school. The President, Dr. James Ammons, announced on Tuesday that the summer band camp program and all clubs at the university would be suspended. The move comes as the institution is being investigated after the death of Marching 100 drum major, Robert […]
In a crackdown on hazing that has taken place since the untimely death of drum major Robert Champion; four Florida A&M University students have been arrested for hazing. Champion died from blunt force trauma injuries that have been associated with a hazing ritual aboard his band bus. Police said the group was apart of the […]
FAMU is trying to makes amends after the death of Marching 100 drum major Robert Champion. The university’s board of trustees approved plans to create an independent committee to study hazing. They will also plan a memorial for Champion. The 26-year-old died after internal bleeding that came from a suspected hazing ritual. Trustees are […]
The FAMU saga just keeps getting deeper and deeper. Florida Governor Rick Scott is calling for Florida A&M University President James Ammons to step down. “I think it is in the president’s best interest and the school best interest that he step aside,” Scott told reporters as he arrived at Tallahassee Regional Airport. But he […]
Two Florida A&M University students are planning to fight charges that they beat a fellow member of the famed Marching 100 band so hard during a hazing incident she was left with a broken thigh. From The Washington Post: Twenty-three-year-old Sean Hobson and 19-year-old Aaron Golson were charged Monday with hazing and battery. Twenty-two-year-old James […]
FAMU Board Reinstates Students & Band Director FAMU continues to deal with the fallout over a drum major’s suspected hazing death. From The Grio: A board that oversees Florida’s public universities has started an investigation into whether school administrators did enough when hazing was brought to their attention. University President James Ammons may be ousted […]
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