Marching 100
May 31, 2012
Alleged “Bus C” president charged with hazing female student
May 31, 2012
Dante Martin , the FAMU snare drum player accused of coordinating the “Crossing Bus C” ritual that took the life of d…
Showing posts from May, 2012
Marching 100
May 30, 2012
FAMU to appoint hazing czar, strengthen eligibility monitoring for band
May 30, 2012
FAMU President James H. Ammons will present a number of long-term anti-hazing recommendations to the Board of Truste…
opinions
May 29, 2012
Orlando Sentinel editorial board overestimated its ability to sway its peers
May 29, 2012
The editorial board of the Orlando Sentinel seemed to think that it could rally broad support behind its call for a …
Trustees
May 28, 2012
Gabordi attempts reverse psychology with FAMU trustees
May 28, 2012
Yesterday, Tallahassee Democrat Executive Editor Bob Gabordi acknowledged that even after all of the negative edito…
Grads
May 27, 2012
Former FAMU SGA president earns law degree
May 27, 2012
On Friday, FAMU alumnus Andrew Collins walked in the footsteps of former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry a…
media
May 26, 2012
Tampa Bay Times shows little interest in USF’s internal audit problems
May 26, 2012
Today, the Tampa Bay Times ran a big headline about FAMU’s Division of Audit and Compliance, which conducts interna…
opinions
May 25, 2012
FAMU right to expel drum majors who said they helped Champion complete Bus C ritual
May 25, 2012
Back on Nov. 29, 2011, FAMU President James H. Ammons announced that the university had expelled four students “in c…
opinions
May 24, 2012
Attacks against evidence of Champion’s consent could backfire in civil court
May 24, 2012
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports that Christopher Chestnut , the attorney representing the parents of deceas…
Marching 100
May 23, 2012
Champion’s parents still refuse to believe their son agreed to be hazed
May 23, 2012
The parents of deceased FAMU drum major Robert Champion still refuse to believe that their son voluntarily submitted…
opinions
May 23, 2012
Excuses for different treatment of Ammons and Hitt don’t cut it
May 23, 2012
A member of the Orlando Sentinel opinions staff still believes that his paper’s editorial board is correct to call f…
Marching 100
May 22, 2012
Hobbs: Champion’s Red Dawg membership shows that he wasn’t a "stickler"
May 22, 2012
Chuck Hobbs , a Tallahassee attorney who represented FAMU’s recently retired ex-band director, says that the inconven…
Marching 100
May 21, 2012
No charges announced against bus driver despite Chestnut’s allegations
May 21, 2012
More than two weeks have passed since State Attorney Lawson Lamar told reporters that he would charge eleven individ…
budget
May 20, 2012
FAMU served as a "pass through" for non-profits supported by state senators
May 20, 2012
From the Florida Times-Union : Over the past three years, Florida A&M has been used as what the university ha…
opinions
May 19, 2012
Tampa Tribune, Lakeland Ledger editorial boards decline to take low road against FAMU
May 19, 2012
The editorial boards of the Tampa Tribune and Lakeland Ledger declined to take the low road against FAMU as they…
Marching 100
May 18, 2012
Two Red Dawgs plead no contest to hazing pledge, avoid prison
May 18, 2012
Two admitted members of the Red Dawg Order pled no contest to hazing charges against a student who attempted to join …
Marching 100
May 17, 2012
Many Champion, Hunter case defendants could avoid prison sentences
May 17, 2012
Many of the defendants accused of hazing two FAMU students with reported links to the Red Dawg Order could avoid goin…
opinions
May 16, 2012
Orlando Sentinel editorial board throws fit over not getting its way at FAMU
May 16, 2012
The Orlando Sentinel editorial board isn’t pleased about getting a cold shoulder from the FAMU Board of Trustees. It…
Marching 100
May 16, 2012
Ammons discusses band class enrollment verification, search for new director
May 16, 2012
FAMU President James H. Ammons sat down with WCTV-6 anchor Julie Montanaro to talk about the future of the Marching…
opinions
May 15, 2012
Tampa Bay Times editorial board glorifies Castell while demanding that Ammons leave
May 15, 2012
In the least surprising news of the day, the editorial board of the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times…
Marching 100
May 14, 2012
FAMU's ΚΚΨ chapter suspended until 2017
May 14, 2012
The National Council of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Fraternity has suspended the Delta Iota Chapter at FAMU unt…
Marching 100
May 14, 2012
Ammons extends Marching 100’s suspension through 2013
May 14, 2012
FAMU President James H. Ammons announced today that the Marching 100 won’t take return during the 2012-2013 school y…
opinions
May 14, 2012
Orlando Sentinel editorial board becomes exactly what it previously criticized
May 14, 2012
Unpopularity with certain Florida newspaper editorial boards is a tough fact of life that the best FAMU presidents of…
rick scott
May 13, 2012
Rufus, BOG thought White could help them divide-and-conquer
May 13, 2012
The Florida Board of Governors (BOG) and Rufus Montgomery , Gov. Rick Scott’s go-to trustee at FAMU, both jumped on Ju…
rick scott
May 12, 2012
Scott’s chief of staff resigns amid $5.5M no-bid contract scandal, ethics complaint
May 12, 2012
Gov. Rick Scott has been quick to jump in front of reporters to talk about the need to investigate the financial recor…
Student Affairs
May 12, 2012
White: "They gave me a check for every name that I gave them"
May 12, 2012
FAMU's ex-Director of Bands Julian E. White continues to deny responsibility for failing to make sure every Marc…
rick scott
May 11, 2012
Scott learns lesson, tempers his anti-Ammons ranting and Tea Party-style racial comments
May 11, 2012
It looks like Gov. Rick Scott learned something from the national embarrassment he suffered after he tried to bully FA…
Marching 100
May 11, 2012
Lawson: Ammons appears to be leaning against fielding Marching 100 in the fall
May 11, 2012
The Associated Press reports that former State Sen. Alfred "Al" Lawson , a strong ally of FAMU President Jame…
Marching 100
May 10, 2012
White ends fight for reinstatement, tenders resignation
May 10, 2012
Julian E. White has chosen to end to his fight against FAMU President James H. Ammons' decision to terminate hi…
Marching 100
May 10, 2012
As many as 100 ineligible individuals took field with Marching 100
May 10, 2012
FAMU’s internal review of Marching 100 program documents shows that as many as 100 academically ineligible individual…
opinions
May 09, 2012
Arrests raise question of whether Red Dawgs used Bus C as payback for previous hazing
May 09, 2012
Months after the hazing ritual that took Robert Champion’s life on Nov. 19, there are still questions concerning why…
Marching 100
May 08, 2012
Fourth drum major faces hazing charges
May 08, 2012
The state attorney’s office for the Ninth Judicial District of Florida announced the names of two additional individual…
Marching 100
May 08, 2012
New round of arrests coming for remaining two “Crossing Bus C” hazing cases
May 08, 2012
Three FAMU Marching 100 students went through the “Crossing Bus C” hazing ritual on Nov. 19 in Orlando, Fla. They wer…
media
May 08, 2012
FAMU-TV 20 story picked up by ABC News
May 08, 2012
The quality reporting by FAMU-TV News 20 at Five reporters Rebecca Azor and Kiarra Hart has attracted the attention…
media
May 08, 2012
FOX 5 Atlanta investigates Champion’s reported membership in Red Dawg Order
May 08, 2012
An Associated Press article that ran on May 1 reminded readers that: “in a January interview with The Associated Pre…
opinions
May 07, 2012
Ensley holds U. of Miami to different hazing standard than FAMU
May 07, 2012
The latest FAMU bashing rant from Tallahassee Democrat columnist Gerald Ensley says that James Ammons is still the…
Marching 100
May 06, 2012
Red Dawg pledge Bria Hunter didn't suffer a broken femur, after all
May 06, 2012
Bria Hunter , a former pledge for the Red Dawg Order, is back in the news. Hunter filed a battery report with the F…
Marching 100
May 06, 2012
Final felony defendant in Champion case surrenders
May 06, 2012
Lasherry Codner , 20, the last of 11 felony defendants in the Robert Champion hazing homicide, turned herself in to de…
Marching 100
May 06, 2012
Golson's second hazing arrest brings Red Dawgs back into spotlight
May 06, 2012
Media reports have stated that FAMU students Aaron Golson and Robert Champion were both members of the Red Dawg Ord…
Marching 100
May 05, 2012
Drum majors booked in Champion homicide case marched at victim’s funeral
May 05, 2012
Jonathan Boyce , Rikki Wills , and Shawn Turner , who all were arrested for third degree felony hazing in the Ro…
Marching 100
May 04, 2012
Two more arrested in Champion case, bringing total to 10
May 04, 2012
Ten of the eleven suspects who face felony charges in the hazing death of FAMU drum major Robert Champion have turned …
rick scott
May 04, 2012
Scott might inject himself into pending civil lawsuit against FAMU
May 04, 2012
After vetoing $1.5M for FAMU’s Crestview Education Center and approving millions in budget costs that forced layoffs…
Marching 100
May 03, 2012
Student arrested for Red Dawg Order hazing also booked for Champion hazing
May 03, 2012
Aaron Golson , 19, who was arrested in December for charges in an alleged “Red Dawg Order” hazing, also faces charges…
Marching 100
May 03, 2012
Seven of 11 Champion case suspects arrested
May 03, 2012
Gretl Plessinger , a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), says that seven of the 11 su…
Marching 100
May 03, 2012
Third suspect in Champion homicide turns himself in
May 03, 2012
Bryan Jones , a suspect in the hazing homicide of FAMU drum major Robert Champion turned himself in to authorities a…
Marching 100
May 02, 2012
First arrests made in Champion case
May 02, 2012
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has arrested two Marching 100 members who allegedly hazed deceased d…
Trustees
May 02, 2012
Scott, Rufus succeed in trampling yet another FAMU anti-hazing panel
May 02, 2012
Gov. Rick Scott and his go-to trustee Rufus Montgomery chalked up another victory in their ongoing efforts to cause…
Marching 100
May 01, 2012
Prosecutors ready to file charges against alleged Champion killers
May 01, 2012
According to authorities, at least five individuals allegedly connected to the hazing death of FAMU drum major Robert…
Marching 100
May 01, 2012
Simons, Holloway resign after receiving termination notices
May 01, 2012
Two FAMU faculty members who were investigated for possible ties to a hazing incident have submitted their resignations…
J-School
May 01, 2012
Division of Journalism earns reaffirmation of accreditation
May 01, 2012
The Accrediting Council on Journalism and Mass Communications approved the reaffirmation of the FAMU Division of Jou…