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UCF makes good call on halting Greek system
It was 10:30 on Saturday night, and the only car meandering down Greek Park Drive was mine. It was so dark and quiet amid the cluster of fraternity and sorority houses at the University of Central Florida that you could have heard a penny drop from a...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of Central Florida, Students, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Florida Classic brings time of reflection, not celebration
There is a gray cloud hanging over the usually jubilant week heading into the Florida Classic between Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman. FAMU's nationally acclaimed Marching 100 band has been silenced for the hazing death of 26-year-old drum major Robert...
Tags: National Federation of State High School Associations, Florida Classic, High School Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Hazing
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Why hazing just won't go away
Even with all of the outrage and demands for change set off by the hazing death of Robert Champion, I can't help but feel we've seen this movie before. By now, it's a familiar script. A student is injured or killed. People gasp, pound their fists on the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Students, Health and Safety at School, Human Interest
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Penn State, not NCAA, should suspend football program
Through the hundreds of thousands of words used to describe Penn State this week, I present four more that will change the future of the beleaguered school.
Lack of institutional control.
It will be those four words and their meaning that the NCAA...Tags: Graham Spanier, Gary Schultz, Georgia Dome, Pacific-12 Conference, Michigan State Spartans
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FAMU is another case of circling the wagons
On Nov. 5, former Penn State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was charged with 40 counts of molesting eight boys over a 15-year span. That included an alleged rape in a campus shower.
Four days after Sandusky's arrest, university...Tags: Graham Spanier, University of Florida, Mark Twain, FBI, Rick Scott
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College-football scandals pale in comparison to FAMU band case
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Sadly, the FAMU band-hazing death that took place during last year's Florida Classic at the Florida Citrus Bowl is, tragically, turning into the biggest intercollegiate-sports scandal this state has ever seen. Band...Tags: Miami Heat, Jack Latvala, Florida Citrus Bowl, Bowl Championship Series, Hazing
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FAMU hazing would not be tolerated in football
If Robert Champion were a quarterback instead of a drum major,and Julian White were head coach instead of band director, the scene at FAMU would be very different today.
For all the unseemly behavior inside college football programs, it's hard to conjure...Tags: Bobby Bowden, University of Florida, University of Miami, Hazing, Florida State University
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Report: FAMU replaces editor of student newspaper
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe editor of the FAMU student newspaper was asked to reapply for his job and then didn't get it — because he says the newspaper's advisor disagreed with his desire to hold the administration accountable, according to the Student Press Law Center.... -
Tuesday Morning Reads: FAMU hazing, mortgage debt and Rick Scott
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Good morning and welcome to the morning reads. Here are the top stories in Florida politics and government that we're reading this morning. * Florida A&M said in a court filing that former drum major Robert Champion is to blame for... -
More records document hazing within FAMU band going back more than 2 decades
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFAMU records submitted last fall by the attorney for former band director Julian White as well as numerous other public records obtained by the Orlando Sentinel in recent months document a long history of hazing within FAMU's famous marching band. Two... -
Katie Couric talks to Robert Champion’s parents
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe parents of FAMU drum major Robert Champion will be Katie Couric's guests on Friday's edition of “Katie.” Pamela and Robert Champion discuss their son's hazing death in Orlando last year. “Katie” airs at 2 p.m. weekdays on WESH-... -
FAMU suspends fraternity while hazing allegation is investigated
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFlorida A&M University has suspended another student organization amid an allegation of hazing. The campus chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business fraternity, was suspended late last week pending an investigation after fraternity members...
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