Marching Band

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March 28, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Witnesses told police that two Florida A&M University faculty members were present as band fraternity pledges…
March 27, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Detectives have turned over evidence to prosecutors in the alleged hazing death of a Florida A&M…
March 14, 2012
Alvin Aureliano Davis greets more than 400 students to his band program and music classroom every day with a smile…
February 2, 2012
Last week, four more members of FAMU's Marching 100 band were arrested on hazing-related charges that were not related to…
January 20, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Pledges of a Florida A&M marching band club known as the Clones were punched or paddled…
December 19, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The state medical examiner's office has ruled that the death of a Florida A&M University drum…
December 14, 2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Three marching band members, all men, have been charged with hazing in Hunter's beating, authorities said.…
December 13, 2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Three Florida A&M band members were charged Monday in the beatings, which came about three weeks…
December 8, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to publicly reprimand the school's president rather than…
December 8, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The future of Florida A&M University's president is in question as authorities investigate whether hazing played…
December 7, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Dismissal procedures have been put on hold against the longtime director of Florida A&M University's marching…
December 7, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Hazing is on the agenda of a meeting of Florida A&M University of trustees...
December 5, 2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Student government leaders at Florida A&M University are asking students to join them in pledging to…
November 30, 2011
OPINION - Following the death of Robert Champion, a former FAMU drum major speaks out on the history of black…
November 30, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - With the intense media coverage surrounding the death of FAMU 100 drum major Robert Champion, hazing is…
November 30, 2011
MIAMI (AP) -- Two decades ago, the now-ousted director of the Florida A&M band warned in a letter about the…
November 29, 2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Julian White, 71, said he suspended 26 band members for hazing two weeks before drum major…
November 28, 2011
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) - Robert Champion fell in love with music at about age 6 when he saw a marching…
November 28, 2011
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) - Florida A&M University had a "culture of hazing" that led to the recent death of a…
November 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Florida A&M University has announced Tuesday he will be suspending the school's famous Marching 100 band until…