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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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Future of FAMU’s President Is Uncertain

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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FAMU Expels Four Students Connected To Suspected Hazing Death

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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