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West capsules
1. KANSAS LOCATION: Lawrence. ENROLLMENT: 29,624 HOW THEY GOT HERE: Won Big 12 tournament. RECORD: 30-4. RPI: 11th. RECORD VS. FIELD: 5-3. NCAA HISTORY: This is 36th appearance, and 18th in a row. The Jayhawks won it all in 1952 and 1988; they also...Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Florida Panthers, Big East Conference, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, University of California, Los Angeles
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FAMU band member Robert Champion death 911 call: 'He's in my hands, ma'am. He's cold.'
Robert Champion vomited, stopped breathing and was cold to the touch moments before he was taken to the hospital where he died following a suspected hazing attack, according to 911 audio released Thursday.
"We were just sitting there talking and next...Tags: Government, Rick Scott, Health and Safety at School, Hazing, Regional Authority
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Clearing the haze
KIAHThe 911 call Florida A&M band members made from their bus after fellow band member and drum major Robert Champion stopped breathing has been released. Officials haven't said what caused his death, but they do suspect hazing. Four FAMU students were...Tags: Texas Southern University , Hazing
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Hazing death: FAMU postpones review of anti-hazing rules
The president of Florida A&M University announced late Thursday that he was postponing the work of a task force he appointed to review anti-hazing rules at FAMU, which is reeling after the hazing-related death of drum major Robert Champion in Orlando last...Tags: Government, Rick Scott, The Associated Press, Health and Safety at School, Hazing
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FAMU student leaders call for an end to hazing
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M President James Ammons said Monday the university is committed to breaking a conspiracy of silence that has for decades shrouded hazing practices at the school and finally resulted in a band member's death....Tags: College Sports, James H. Ammons, Teaching and Learning, Students, Florida Classic
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Dead FAMU drum major's parents speak out about son — and against culture of hazing
From the time Robert Champion was a 6-year-old kid watching his first parade, he knew his destiny. Awestruck at the sight of a drum major leading a band along the streets of Atlanta, the boy began to beg his parents for any kind of musical instrument he...Tags: College Sports, Concerts, Entertainment, Music, Hazing
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Injured female FAMU band member plans hazing lawsuit
Florida A&M University student Bria Hunter is giving up a full scholarship and leaving the school after being beaten in what police describe as a brutal hazing ritual.
Hunter, a freshman who was beaten so severely that her femur cracked, is also...Tags: College Sports, Corporate Crime, Trials, Prosecution, Financial Aid
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FAMU death spotlights the menace of hazing
A sense of shock has followed the death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion. Shock that the 26-year-old collapsed soon after leading FAMU's famed Marching 100 band during the Nov. 19 Florida Classic football game. Shock that hazing within the band's...Tags: College Sports, Rick Scott, Frank Brogan, Florida Classic, Hazing
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FAMU puts off hazing disciplines until after FDLE probe
The four Florida A&M University students targeted for dismissal after a fellow student died from an apparent hazing ritual might not face disciplinary action anytime soon.
Same goes for the band director, who the university planned to fire because of...Tags: College Sports, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), James H. Ammons, Florida Classic, Hazing
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FAMU students and alum address hazing incidents in new blog
A Florida A&M University alumnus and student journalists at the college have launched an independent website devoted to collecting reports of hazing past and present on "their beloved campus" — an effort that they say has elicited at least two dozen...Tags: Bullying, Teaching and Learning, Students, Health and Safety at School, Hazing
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3 arrested in hazing of FAMU freshman
Three students at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University were arrested Monday on charges of hazing a freshman so severely that her leg was broken, Tallahassee police said.
James Harris, 22, Aaron Golson, 19, and Sean Hobson, 23, are charged...Tags: Leon County (Florida), Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), James H. Ammons, Teaching and Learning, Students
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