WASHINGTON (AP) — Alarmed by the recent hazing death of a Florida A&M University band student, a coalition of black fraternities and sororities joined with civil rights leader Al Sharpton and others in pledging to work harder to end the practice. Leaders of the coalition told reporters on Thursday that the type of hazing to […]
In August, Nicholas Young plans to start work on a master’s degree in Social Work, on his way to fulfilling his goal of becoming a social worker. But the path for the young man who graduated just a few days ago magna cum laude from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida wasn’t always so clear. […]
A prestigious national band fraternity has stripped its Florida A&M University chapter of its charter, following an investigation into hazing incidents that happened in the spring of 2010, according to a statement on the website for Kappa Kappa Psi Fraternity. The hazing incidents in 2010 were not directly related to the highly publicized hazing death […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended for at least one more school year as officials try to cleanse the hazing culture that led to the death of a drum major, the school’s president said Monday. FAMU President James Ammons said the Marching 100 should stay off the field […]
The longtime director of Florida A&M University’s famed marching band announced his retirement Thursday, while a top state official urged the university to keep the band suspended while investigations of a drum major’s death continue. Frank Brogan, the chancellor of Florida’s state university system, wrote a blunt letter to FAMU President James Ammons urging him […]
The last of 11 band members charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major has turned herself in to authorities. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says 20-year-old Lasherry Codner surrendered Sunday at the Orange County jail. Jail records showed that Codner posted $15,000 bond and would be released. Eleven FAMU band […]
There was no single blow, stomp or strike to Robert Champion’s bruised and battered body that killed him as he was pummeled by fellow Florida A&M University marching band members during a hazing ritual aboard a charter bus last fall. Instead, his death was caused by multiple blows from many individuals. That inability to pinpoint […]
Thirteen people were charged Wednesday for their roles in the hazing death of Florida A&M university drum major who was severely beaten in what appears to be one of the biggest college hazing cases ever. The charges were announced more than five months after 26-year-old Robert Champion died aboard a chartered bus parked outside an […]
When prosecutors announce criminal charges Wednesday in the hazing death of a Florida A&M University band member, they will embark on a legal chess game involving multiple defendants who require different approaches for winning convictions, experts say. Prosecutors have prepared at least five separate cases against the suspects who contributed to 26-year-old Robert Champion’s death […]
