ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The trials of three of four members of Florida A&M University’s marching band on charges of felony hazing and manslaughter have been postponed until April. But the trial of a fourth member began with jury selection Monday, nearly three years after drum major Robert Champion died from being beaten. Judge Renee […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida A & M University’s Marching 100 had played at a Super Bowl and before U.S. presidents. But one of the nation’s most-celebrated marching bands had a dark secret: members were occasionally beaten with mallets, fists and drumsticks in a hazing initiation known as “crossing” Bus C. The trial of four […]
Florida A&M University is trying to raise 135,000 over the next five days to help 74 students enroll in school for the beginning of the 2014 Fall semester. The students do not qualify for financial aid and have been greatly impacted by the cuts to state funding and changes in the financial aid legislation. If […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has postponed until September the trial of five remaining defendants charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major to allow defense attorneys more time to prepare. Judge Renee Roche agreed during a hearing Monday to delay it the trial that was set to begin next […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – They share the same name, same talents and same philosophies; and on Saturday, May 3, father and son duo Sherwood Brown Sr. and Sherwood Brown Jr. will walk across the same stage to receive their diplomas from Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) School of Business and Industry (SBI). Sherwood Sr. will receive his […]
The Florida A&M Rattlers, who already have been one of the biggest surprises in all of college baseball this season, picked up their biggest win in years Wednesday night, shocking No. 6-ranked Florida, 4-3, in Gainesville. Tallahassee.com reports: FAMU, under first-year head coach Jamey Shouppe, led for most of the game and earned their first […]
01/13/14- Roland Martin talks with Elmira Mangum about being elected Florida A&M University’s first female president. For iPhone users:
(AP)- Florida A&M University trustees, seeking to shake up an institution that has been beset by scandals and administrative problems during the last decade, turned Thursday to a complete outsider to lead the institution. Trustees picked Elmira Mangum, the vice president for budget and planning for Cornell University, to become the school’s 11th president. The […]
After a yearlong penalty, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is in the clear. According to reports, a regional accrediting organization voted to end the school’s…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man who had apparently been in an automobile wreck was scheduled to appear in court Monday to face a voluntary manslaughter charge. Jonathan A. Ferrell, 24, a former Florida A&M University football player, was killed early Saturday. He had […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University’s famed band made its first appearance in a football stadium in nearly 22 months on Sunday after the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. The band entered Orlando’s Citrus Bowl Stadium prior to kickoff for the school’s season-opening football game against Mississippi Valley State. It will give […]
Florida A&M University has announced a September 1 comeback for its marching band. This will be the band’s first performance after a 19-month suspension following the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the band will travel to Orlando next month for Disney’s MEAC/SWAC Challenge. Champion died in Orlando in […]
