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FAMU Students Deny Beatings As Band Hazing Probe Grows
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – Two Florida A&M band were in court Tuesday, after they and a third person were charged in the beatings of another band member who missed a meeting, an incident which came...
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Investigators: Possible Fraud Uncovered At FAMU
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — The investigation into the possible hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major may have uncovered a new problem at the university. Florida authorities...
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Fla. Gov. Confronted By FAMU Students
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida Governor Rick Scott was confronted by students from Florida A&M University who are upset over the governor’s call to suspend FAMU’s president amid multiple...
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FAMU Drum Major’s Death Ruled A Homicide
TALLAHASSEE (CBS4/AP) — A Florida A&M University drum major whose death revealed a culture of hazing within the school’s famed marching band died from shock caused by internal bleeding after...
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FAMU President May Be Suspended Monday
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – The Board of Trustees of Florida A&M University could decide as early as Monday if they will comply with Gov. Rick Scott’s request and suspend school President James...
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Autopsy: FAMU Student Had Extensive Bleeding In Shoulder
ORLANDO (CBS4/ AP) — The Florida A&M student whose death last month has uncovered a culture of hazing with the school’s famed marching band had extensive bleeding in his back and right shoulder. A...
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Florida’s Top Stories Of The Year
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) — There was Rick Scott who took over the Florida Governor’s office, the end of the space shuttle program and of course, the Gulf oil spill. Which story do you think made the...
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FAMU Board Approves Plan In Response To Band Member’s Death
TALLAHASSEE (CBS4)- The Florida A&M University board of trustees approved a plan on a 9-1 vote Monday to deal with the aftermath of the death of Robert Champion in a hazing incident. The plan, by...
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FAMU Band Member Claims Verbal Harassment
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – A trombone player with the Florida A&M University marching band claims he was verbally harassed by a fellow band member for not joining a subgroup of the band’s trombone...
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4 Band Members Charged With Hazing At Fla. A&M University
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Hazing at Florida A&M University has been under intense scrutiny since a drum major died in November. Now in an unrelated incident, four FAMU band members have been...
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UF Fraternity Suspended For Hazing
GAINESVILLE (CBSMiami/AP) — A University of Florida fraternity has been suspended for hazing and is under investigation by campus police. University spokeswoman Janine Sikes said Alpha Phi Alpha was...
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Family Sues Bus Owner Over FAMU Death
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) – The family of a Florida A&M University student who died after a hazing incident on a charter bus is filing a lawsuit Monday against the company that owns the bus. Robert...
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UF Frat Members Accused Of Hazing Pledges
GAINESVILLE (CBSMiami/AP) – Nine members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity chapter at the University of Florida were arrested after they allegedly hazed pledges. The members were charged Monday for...
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13 People Charged In FAMU Hazing Death
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) – State prosecutors have announced that 13 people have been charged in the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion who died after he was beaten during a...
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Final Student Charged In FAMU Hazing Turns Herself In
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The last of the eleven college students charged with hazing in the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion surrendered herself to authorities. On Sunday...
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FAMU To Decide If Marching 100 Will Play Again
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Just days before Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 band finds out if they will ever be able to play again, the band’s director of 40 years has called it quits. Dr. Julian...
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FAMU’s Marching 100 Will Not Take The Field This Year
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 band has been suspended until 2013. During a meeting Monday morning between the school’s President James Ammons and the board of...
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Mom Denies Claim FAMU Student Champion Wanted Hazing
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) – The parents of Robert Champion, A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus, denied Wednesday that their son accepted hazing as a band ritual and rejected...
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Another Band Member Arrested In FAMU Hazing Scandal
ORLANDO (CBS4/AP) — The fallout continues in the wake of the alleged hazing death of Florida A&M University band member Robert Champion. Authorities have arrested Dante Martin, 25, the so-called...
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FAMU President Places Tough Restrictions On Marching Band
TALLAHASSE (CBSMiami) – In an effort to crack down on hazing traditions, Florida A&M University is placing strict regulations on members of their marching band. On Monday, FAMU President James...
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