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12 charged with manslaughter in Florida A&M band hazing
Florida prosecutors have beefed up the charges against former Florida A&M University marching band members accused of hazing a drum major to death. Twelve defendants were charged with manslaughter Monday in the case involving the death of Robert...
Tags: Prosecution, Florida A&M University, Trials, Colleges and Universities, Defendants
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UCF makes good call on halting Greek system
It was 10:30 on Saturday night, and the only car meandering down Greek Park Drive was mine. It was so dark and quiet amid the cluster of fraternity and sorority houses at the University of Central Florida that you could have heard a penny drop from a...
Tags: University of Central Florida, Education, Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, Florida State University
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FAMU student newspaper delays publication after libel lawsuit filed by former marching band member
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFAMU has put off publication of its student newspaper after a former member of the school's famous marching band filed a lawsuit against the paper, claiming he was libeled in an online article about the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. This... -
Report: FAMU replaces editor of student newspaper
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe editor of the FAMU student newspaper was asked to reapply for his job and then didn't get it — because he says the newspaper's advisor disagreed with his desire to hold the administration accountable, according to the Student Press Law Center.... -
Sentinel wins national award for FAMU hazing stories
The Orlando Sentinel has earned a first-place award from the Education Writers Association of America for a series of stories about the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion. Denise-Marie Ordway, Jeff Kunerth, Steve Hudak and...
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State report blasts FAMU's effort to fight hazing before Champion's death
FAMU lacked the internal controls needed to identify and fight hazing before the beating death of drum major Robert Champion in Orlando a year ago, according to a long-awaited investigative report released Friday afternoon. The sharply critical report...
Tags: Music, Executive Branch, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Government
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Wednesday Morning Reads: Jeb, the Taj Mahal and Robert Champion
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Wednesday to you. Here are the stories we're reading this morning. * The Sun-Sentinel writes that congressional Democrats are asking the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to hold a hearing on Florida's 2011 law. * The... -
Tuesday Morning Reads: FAMU hazing, mortgage debt and Rick Scott
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Good morning and welcome to the morning reads. Here are the top stories in Florida politics and government that we're reading this morning. * Florida A&M said in a court filing that former drum major Robert Champion is to blame for... -
More records document hazing within FAMU band going back more than 2 decades
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFAMU records submitted last fall by the attorney for former band director Julian White as well as numerous other public records obtained by the Orlando Sentinel in recent months document a long history of hazing within FAMU's famous marching band. Two... -
Katie Couric talks to Robert Champion’s parents
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe parents of FAMU drum major Robert Champion will be Katie Couric's guests on Friday's edition of “Katie.” Pamela and Robert Champion discuss their son's hazing death in Orlando last year. “Katie” airs at 2 p.m. weekdays on WESH-... -
FAMU suspends fraternity while hazing allegation is investigated
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFlorida A&M University has suspended another student organization amid an allegation of hazing. The campus chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business fraternity, was suspended late last week pending an investigation after fraternity members... -
Forget morals. On Champion case, FAMU legal logic stinks
Taking Names the Blog - Orlando SentinelThere's been a lot of understandable outrage about FAMU's brazen new legal strategy — that band-student Robert Champion was responsible for his own death (“FAMU Faults Champion in his Hazing Death“). It's been called everything from...
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Nov 28, 2012
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Sep 11, 2012
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Aug 20, 2012
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