FAMU President Resigns Over Band Hazing Scandal
Florida A&M University President James Ammons is resigning from his position at the school as the ongoing scandal surrounding band member Robert Champion's hazing death continues to grow.
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Florida A&M University President James Ammons is resigning from his position at the school as the ongoing scandal surrounding band member Robert Champion's hazing death continues to grow.
Eleven Florida A&M University band members charged in connection with the felony hazing death of drum major Robert Champion will go on trial in October.
New sweeping anti-hazing recommendations drawn up by Florida A&M University President James Ammons will be discussed Tuesday by schools board of trustees at an all day retreat.
In an effort to crack down on hazing traditions, Florida A&M University is placing strict regulations on members of their marching band.
The fallout continues in the wake of the alleged hazing death of Florida A&M University band member Robert Champion.
The parents of Robert Champion, A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus, denied Wednesday that their son accepted hazing as a band ritual and rejected claims by band mates he agreed to go through a brutal initiation ritual because it was seen as an honor.
Florida A&M University's Marching 100 band has been suspended until 2013. During a meeting Monday morning between the school's President James Ammons and the board of trustees, Ammons said he will keep the band off the field for the upcoming school year.
Just days before Florida A&M University's Marching 100 band finds out if they will ever be able to play again, the band's director of 40 years has called it quits.
The last of the eleven college students charged with hazing in the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion surrendered herself to authorities. On Sunday Lasherry Codner, 20, turned herself in to jail officials in Orange County.
State prosecutors have announced that 13 people have been charged in the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion who died after he was beaten during a hazing ritual.
Nine members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity chapter at the University of Florida have been charged after they allegedly hazed pledges.
The family of a Florida A&M University student who died after a hazing incident on a charter bus is filing a lawsuit Monday against the company that owns the bus.
A University of Florida fraternity has been suspended for hazing and is under investigation by campus police.
Four Florida A&M band members have been charged with hazing in connection with a series of beatings and paddlings last year at a private home in Tallahassee.
A trombone player with the Florida A&M University marching band claims he was verbally harassed by a fellow band member for not joining a subgroup of the band's trombone section known as "Thunder."
The Florida A&M University board of trustees approved a plan on a 9-1 vote Monday to deal with the aftermath of the death of Robert Champion in a hazing incident.
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The Florida A&M student whose death last month has uncovered a culture of hazing with the school's famed marching band had extensive bleeding in his back and right shoulder.
The Board of Trustees of Florida A&M University could decide as early as Monday if they will comply with Gov. Rick Scott's request and suspend school President James Ammons while authorities investigate the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion.
A Florida A&M University drum major whose death revealed a culture of hazing within the school's famed marching band died from shock caused by internal bleeding after suffering blunt force trauma, officials said Friday.
Florida Governor Rick Scott was confronted by students from Florida A&M University who are upset over the governor's call to suspend FAMU's president amid multiple investigations into the death of a marching band member.
The investigation into the possible hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major may have uncovered a new problem at the university.
Two Florida A&M band were in court Tuesday, after they and a third person were charged in the beatings of another band member who missed a meeting, an incident which came about three weeks before drum major Robert Champion died during a band trip to Orlando, police said. They claim both incidents are Hazing, but the students in court Tuesday denied that.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is taking a stance on the alleged hazing incident that left a Florida A&M University student dead. On Friday, Scott said he agreed with FAMU's decision to postpone the work of a university task force set up after the death of a marching band member.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants university presidents to closely re-examine their current hazing policies in the wake of the death of a Florida A&M University drum major.
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High temperatures are expected to climb into the low 90s, and it will feel like the upper 90s and low 100s when you factor in the humidity.
Miami's football team is off to a strong start, with quarterback Darian Mensah and wide receiver Malachi Toney making impressive plays.
Esteury Ruiz hit a three-run double in the 11th inning, lifting the Miami Marlins over the Arizona Diamondbacks for a 4-2 win.
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