Dr. Sybil C. Mobley, founder of Florida A&M University’s School of Business and Industry, died early Tuesday morning. Dr. Mobley’s contributions to FAMU are certainly…
Florida prosecutors will add additional charges to the college band members charged with the hazing death of a fellow drum major. A state attorney will add a manslaughter charge to the 12 Florida A&M band members accused of the 2011 hazing death of Robert Champion. The band members were already charged last may of a […]
(CNN) — Florida A&M University, under fire in the hazing death of a drum major and over its finances, was put on probation for one…
This isn’t a good morning for the students, faculty, and alumni of Florida A&M University. Yesterday, prosecutors announced that they will be filing charges against thirteen FAMU students involved with the death of Robert Champion, and the hazing of two other students. According to autopsy reports, there was no single blow, stomp, or strike that […]
It looks like not only fraternity members, of Kappa Kappa Psi, were involved in the Flordia A&M hazing scandal. According to witnesses, that told the police, two FAMU faculty members were present while band fraternity pledges were hazed. The hazing took place at one of the faculty member’s home, according to the investigation report. Authorities […]
Florida A&M University is celebrating its 125th anniversary and honoring Black History Month by hosting “A Tribute To African-American Film.” The festival, which runs from…
This morning, Roland Martin reported, on the TJMS, that Florida A&M is creating an independent committee to study hazing. The university will also create a memorial dedicated to fallen FAMU band-member, Robert Champion. Is that enough to pay respect him? One idea brought up, that raised eyebrows, was to suspend the band for the rest […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Police have arrested three Florida A&M band members in the beating of a woman during hazing rituals that became so severe that her thigh was broken. SEE ALSO: Evil Corporation Changes Name AGAIN To Fool You Tallahassee police said Monday that on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 the three struck band member […]
Florida A&M announced they will be dismissing the four students involved with the hazing death of a Robert Champion. This action is a response to last month’s 911 call about the marching band member, vomiting in his mouth before he died. To hear about this story, check out the video below. http://www.newsy.com/embed-video/9883/ Related Stories: The […]
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The funeral for a Florida A&M University drum major turned into a call for action Wednesday as speakers urged for an end to the hazing linked to the death of Robert Champion. See also: FAMU Hazing Persisted Despite Suspensions, Probes Hundreds of friends and family crowded the pews at a church near […]
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — Florida A&M University had a “culture of hazing” that led to the recent death of a marching band member, an attorney for the student’s family said Monday. See also: Attorney says suit planned in FAMU band death See also: Caribbean Culture Has Infused Miami For Over 100 Years Attorney Christopher Chestnut said […]
