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Hazed and Confused: Should Hazing be Considered a Form of Domestic Violence?

Somebody please explain to me why someone would put with the physical abuse, emotional distress and public embarrassment known as hazing? What sounds right about voluntarily condoning someone to harm you physically or mentally? I consider this an abusive relationship. Those who haze and the people being hazed are in a vicious cycle that needs [...]

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When Hazing Kills: Is Acceptance Worth Dying For?

The school year is about to end and thousands of kids will be heading off to college in the fall. Therefore, I felt it appropriate to address a re-occurring issue lately among college communities; hazing deaths. College is a time for young to people to explore who they are, define their interests and meet new [...]

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Hazing Continues To Plague Black Greek Letter Organizations

University of Florida Suspends Alpha Chapter Over Hazing Allegations Another day, another school caught up in a hazing scandal. This time it’s the University of Florida who recently suspended their Alpha Phi Alpha chapter members for an alleged hazing incident. After the media coverage surrounding Robert Champion’s death, who died after an alleged band hazing [...]

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FAMU Suspends All Summer Band Programs & Clubs

Florida A&M University is getting serious about the culture of hazing at the school. The President, Dr. James Ammons, announced on Tuesday that the summer band camp program and all clubs at the university would be suspended. The move comes as the institution is being investigated after the death of Marching 100 drum major, Robert [...]

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FAMU Drum Major’s Death Ruled A Homicide

  There are finally some answers in the death of FAMU drum major Robert Champion. After completing an autospy the medical examiner has ruled his death a homicide. The cause of death was blunt-force trauma suffered during a hazing incident involving members of the FAMU Marching 100 band, the office said in a release issued [...]

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Florida Governor Wants FAMU President Suspended

The FAMU saga just keeps getting deeper and deeper. Florida Governor Rick Scott is calling for Florida A&M University President James Ammons to step down. “I think it is in the president’s best interest and the school best interest that he step aside,” Scott told reporters as he arrived at Tallahassee Regional Airport. But he [...]

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