Posted on 03 February 2012. Tags: band, band famu, famu, famu president, famu suspends summer band camp, hazing, hazing culture, hbcu, james ammons, marching 100, robert champion
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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Posted on 17 December 2011. Tags: drum major death, famu, famu hazing, florida a&m university, hazing, homicide, james ammons, medical examiner, robert champion, robert champion death famu, updates hazing death
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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Posted on 16 December 2011. Tags: band hazing famu, famu, famu updates, florida a&m university, gov calls for famu president resignation, gov rick scott, hazing, james ammons, james ammons suspension, marching 100, robert champion
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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Posted on 08 December 2011. Tags: band, band hazing, famu, florida band, hazing, james ammons, marching 100, robert champion
FAMU Board Reinstates Students & Band Director FAMU continues to deal with the fallout over a drum major’s suspected hazing death. From The Grio: A board that oversees Florida’s public universities has started an investigation into whether school administrators did enough when hazing was brought to their attention. University President James Ammons may be ousted [...]
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Posted on 02 December 2011. Tags: drum major, famu, famu band, florida a&m university, four famu students suspended, hazing, hazing death famu, hbcu hazing, james ammons, memo, robert champion, robert champion justice
The FAMU hazing scandal keeps getting worse…. Florida A&M University released a memo to the Board of Trustees saying that it has dismissed four students, for their role in the suspected hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. University President James Ammons reiterates in his memo that the university has a zero-tolerance policy on hazing, [...]
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