Gary Fineout, The Associated PressAfrican-AmericanFamed FAMU Marching Band Suspended Another YearFlorida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended for at least one more school year as officials try to cleanse the hazing culture that led to the death of a drum major, the school’s president said Monday.May 14, 2012African-AmericanFAMU E-mails Detail Hazing WarningsHundreds of pages of records show years of repeated warnings about brutal hazing passed without any serious response from the school’s leadership until last November’s beating death of drum major Robert Champion.March 27, 2012HomeFallout From FAMU: Ga. High Schools Suspend BandsThe fallout from the death of a Florida A&M University drum major broadened Wednesday to nearly two dozen high schools in Georgia, where marching band activities were suspended over concerns of “inappropriate physical activity” between band mates.December 15, 2011HomeFlorida Governor Wants FAMU President Suspended From JobFlorida Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday he wants the president of Florida A&M University suspended amid multiple investigations spurred by the death of a drum major in a suspected case of hazing.December 15, 2011HomeHazing Looked at in FAMU Band Member’s DeathFlorida A&M University’s famed Marching 100 band, which has a history of hazing, has been shut down until investigators find out more about how one of its members died after a football game.November 22, 2011Page 1 of 1
