Famu Hazing

Defendant Says Robert Champion Wanted To Be Hazed

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER and KYLE HIGHTOWER | Posted 05.24.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Robert Champion was known for his opposition to the hazing rampant in the Florida A&M University marching band, but he was vying...

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FAMU Band Member Enter Pleas On Hazing Charges

AP | Posted 05.18.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two defendants have pleaded no contest to lesser charges of misdemeanor hazing in the beating of a fellow Florida A&M University ...

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FAMU Marching Band Suspended Another Year

AP | GARY FINEOUT | Posted 05.14.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M University's prestigious marching band, scarred by the hazing death of one of its drum majors, won't be taking t...

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An American Tradition: Change the College Culture of Hazing

Meredith A. Bennett-Smith | Posted 05.04.2012

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I've heard many an excuse for hazing. It builds character. It creates unbreakable bonds and "memories" you all will laugh about for the rest of your life. I don't think it's all that funny. In fact, the entire premise leaves me pretty sick.

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Robert Champion's Mother Calls For The 'Marching 100' To Disband

Posted 05.04.2012

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The parents of Robert Champion, a Florida A&M drum major in the famous "Marching 100," are calling for band's breakup until its alleged hazing culture...

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FAMU Hazing SHOCKER

AP | BILL KACZOR | Posted 05.28.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Witnesses told police that two Florida A&M University faculty members were present as band fraternity pledges were hazed at ...

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New Developments In FAMU Band Death

AP | Posted 05.27.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. (Associated Press) — Detectives have turned over evidence to prosecutors in the alleged hazing death of a Florida A&M marching band me...

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FAMU Emails Detail Hazing Warnings

AP | GARY FINEOUT | Posted 05.24.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The father of a freshman in Florida A&M University's famed marching band emailed the school's president in 2007 after gettin...

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New Details Emerge In FAMU Hazing Death

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 04.15.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The parents of a Florida A&M band member who died after being hazed filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the owner and ...

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FAMU Hazing Scandal: Family Sues Bus Owner Over Band Hazing Death

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 04.14.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The parents of a Florida A&M band member who died after being hazed filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the owner and ...

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ACLU Questions FAMU's Ban On Student Groups

AP | Posted 02.03.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is criticizing Florida A&M University's decision to cancel a summer band camp and b...

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Equation for a Hate Crime: How Hazing and Homophobia Could Have Played a Role in FAMU's Robert Champion Jr. Death

Shane L. Windmeyer | Posted 04.02.2012

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Was Champion's death a hazing act that went wrong, or is there something more? What is not being readily discussed in this hazing death is why, in his case, the beating he received was severe enough to kill him.

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Robert Champion Death: Hazing or Hate Crime?

Irene Monroe | Posted 03.28.2012

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Robert Champion, Jr.'s murder may never be solved. Those who struck the fatal blows may never disclose whether they used the guise of hazing and accidental homicide to cover up an intended hate crime.

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FAMU Dismisses Students Charged With Hazing

AP | Posted 03.24.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The four students charged last week with hazing pledges of a Florida A&M University marching band club known as the Clones h...

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Four More FAMU Band Members Charged

AP | JAMES L. ROSICA | Posted 03.21.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Pledges of a Florida A&M marching band club known as the Clones were punched or paddled while they played music during a haz...

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Why We Cannot Wait: NBJC Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks | Posted 03.16.2012

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If King were alive today, he would question whether HBCUs are equipped to serve LGBT students who are victims of anti-gay harassment or domestic violence. He would rally young people and administrators to take action before we lose another black life.

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New Questions Emerge In FAMU Hazing Case

nytimes.com | ROBBIE BROWN | Posted 03.13.2012

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Family To Sue Owner Of Bus Where FAMU Student Died

AP | By MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 01.10.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The parents of a Florida A&M band member who died after a hazing ritual last November said they will sue the company that owns the bu...

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FAMU President Faces Suspension

AP | GARY FINEOUT | Posted 02.18.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M's president will keep his job after the university board of trustees Monday rejected a call from Gov. Rick Scott...

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FAMU Students To Florida Gov.: 'We're Not Poor!'

miamiherald.com | Posted 12.17.2011

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As the fallout from the FAMU hazing scandal continues, the attention has shifted from the campus to the state capitol. On Dec. 15, Florida Governo...

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Florida Governor Wants FAMU President Suspended From Job

AP | GARY FINEOUT | Posted 02.14.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday he wants the president of Florida A&M University suspended amid multiple investigation...

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FAMU Scandal Spreads: 20 High School Bands Suspended In Georgia

AP | DORIE TURNER and GARY FINEOUT | Posted 02.13.2012

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ATLANTA — The fallout from the death of a Florida A&M University drum major broadened Wednesday to nearly two dozen high schools in Georgia, whe...

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FAMU Band Member Was Beaten So Badly She Broke Her Thigh, 3 Face Charges

AP | By GREG BLUESTEIN and GARY FINEOUT | Posted 02.12.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The freshman Florida A&M band member who was beaten so badly she could barely walk was picked on in part because she was deemed t...

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3 FAMU Band Members Charged With Battery, Hazing

AP | GARY FINEOUT | Posted 02.11.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Three Florida A&M band members were charged Monday in the beating of a woman during hazing rituals that became so severe tha...

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FAMU President Reprimanded By Board Of Trustees After Hazing Death

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 02.08.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida A&M University's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to publicly reprimand the school's president rather than place him on ...

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