Drum Major's Parents Slam Florida A&M University's Response To Suit

Florida A&M University's insistence that it is not to blame for drum major Robert Champion's death during a hazing ritual shows school officials are not taking responsibility for the safety of students, the band member's parents said Thursday.

Family: Disband FAMU Marching Band

The family of the Florida A&M University drum major who died in a hazing incident says the school should disband the marching band. Pam Champion, the mother of Robert Champion, said "You've got to clean house. That's the only thing."

Prosecutor: 13 Charged in FAMU Hazing Death

A prosecutor says 13 people will be charged in the death of Florida A&M university drum major who died after being beaten during a hazing ritual in November. 26-year-old Robert Champion died aboard a bus parked outside a hotel.

FAMU Band Leader Drummed Out In Wake Of Death Linked To Hazing

By Tom Watkins, CNN

(CNN) -- The president of Florida A&M University moved Wednesday to dismiss the school's longtime band director in the wake of last weekend's hazing-linked death of a drum major in the school's famed marching band.

"The reason for this intended employment action is based upon your alleged misconduct and/or incompetence involving confirmed reports and allegations of hazing with the Department of Music and the 'Marching 100,'" President James H. Ammons said in a letter to Julian E. White. CONTINUE....

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