Florida A&M University trustees are set to meet Monday to start mapping the institution’s next steps of leadership with the announced resignation Wednesday of President James Ammons, officials said. A FAMU alum credited with turning the university’s finances around in his five-year tenure, Ammons has been under fire since the November death of Robert Champion […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The president of Florida A&M University submitted his resignation Wednesday, the same day the university was sued by parents of a drum major who died during a hazing. It was unclear if the two events were related. James Ammons announced the resignation, which takes effect Oct. 11, in a letter to […]
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A fraternity has been found guilty of hazing in the alcohol poisoning death of a Cornell University student from New York City. The Ithaca Journal reports that a county judge convicted the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter of violating the state's anti-hazing laws in the February 2011 death of George Desdunes (dehz-DOONZ'). […]
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California high school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of directing students to assault another student in a classroom hazing incident. Fontana police said Sunday that 27-year-old Emmanuel De La Rosa, along with four other students, were arrested on Saturday. Police alleged that De La Rosa facilitated some students […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The president of Florida A&M University vowed to remain on the job Thursday despite a no-confidence vote from school trustees over his handling of the hazing death of a member of the school's famed marching band. The board of trustees voted 8-4 against James Ammons as it questioned his management of […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida A&M University President James H. Ammons will present to the FAMU Board of Trustees (BOT) for discussion new measures the university was asked to develop as part of the BOT’s updated Anti-Hazing Plan. The proposals were developed at the direction of the Board of Trustees and in consultation with the administration’s […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
