As of lately we turn on the television and see marching bands getting hit with fines, lawsuits, and allegations of hazing. Because of this investigative attitude from some students, and people in general. Do you feel that this is the reason for inten
Read more…Durham, N.C. — Hazing allegations have prompted North Carolina Central University to suspend the drum line of its marching band.
According to a statement the university released Thursday morning, the Marching Sound Machine Band's drum line is not allo
RT @11AliveNews: Clark Atlanta University marching band suspended
ATLANTA -- Clark Atlanta University has suspended performances of the "Mighty Marching Panthers" to investigate a hazing allegation.
University leaders made the decisi
Read more…If there's any truth to this, someone's defintely going down for murder!http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/5/30/was_stun_gun_used_on.html
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News & the grapevine just confirmed FAMU is out & can't hit the field until 2013.. What y'all think about that?
Read more…In prep for what looks to be a season or two w/o the Infamous Florida A&M Marching 100rd hitting any fields, what college(s) will be most affected by this shift in band culture? Keep in mind, there will be millions upon millions of 100rd fans all ove
Read more…In spite of all the negative attention the FAMU situation has drawn to all of us, can we pull something positive out of this situation? I say yes!
Please take time here to share your thoughts and ideas as to how we can turn this tragedy to triumph.
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Read more…Police: Hazing took place at FAMU professor's home
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Witnesses told police that two Florida A&M University faculty members were present as band fraternity pledges were hazed at the home of one of the professors in early 2010, ac
Read more…Im in btween moving back to school and getn sum rest in between the holidays so Im not doing much with my Friday night. But just got a call frm peeps letn me know that they r at a hazing session as we speak witnessing unspeakable physical abuse to t
Read more…How do you think people will think about HBCU band programs after the recent hazing events have come to light. Do yoy think more kids will leave the schools, parents not allowing their kids to go to these type of schools, or programs being more stric
Read more…Do yall think that if the multiple "FAMU incidents" had occurred at a white school that they would be treated differently? I personally think that a death would have been treated similarly, but the "RDO incident" (which is complete bs, how you gone
Read more…This hazing craze is outta control. Let me say first of all what happened to Robert Champion is tragic and should not have happened. Second of all, my statements are not reflective of and do not represent Grambling or the World Famed.
I encourage al
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. - Albert Einstein
With that in mind, since we're having a difficult time policing hazing, why not make it legal? Anybody wh
Why is it that because of a few incidents that have taken place at a couple of HBCU schools, it is said that all HBCU bands and organization (greek, ROTC, athletics, etc) "HAZE", I mean this is nonsense. HBCU's are not the only institutions where "HA
Read more…Because of history of certain bands, I wonder if there is in fact a correlation between hazing and the band being good? The bands who have, in recent years, experienced the most press due to hazing allegations-- Jackson State, Southern, and most rece
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Florida A & M's band director will remain in charge of the "Marching 100" while Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates the death of a drum major after the Florida Classic last month.
The FAMU board of trustees met
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