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Substitute band teacher accused of sex with student, exchanging explicit sexual messages

MI: A 29-year-old substitute band teacher in Sterling Heights and Warren high schools...

Local Band Organizes Collection For Tornado Victims

FORT WAYNE, Homestead High School’s marching band is parking a semi-trailer in the f...

Johns Creek High to march in New York City�s St. Patrick�s Day Parade

GA: The marching band of Johns Creek High School, under the direction of Al Estep and...

Local high school marching band wins $10K contest

Tenn: The Franklin High School Marching band was awarded a check on Monday after winning...

Former Alton student makes new allegations against band director

IL: A woman who had a sexual relationship with her band teacher when she was a 16-year-old...

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FAMU grapples with how to recreate its magical brand

FAMU Band Rebuid Could Be Long Process

Posted February 22 2012 view comments

The sixth man obviously has been missing at Florida A&M basketball games this season. Without the Marching 100 — placed on indefinite suspension by FAMU President James H. Ammons days after the Nov. 19 hazing death of drum major Robert Champion — the Lawson Center has been noticeably quiet.

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FAMU must embrace anti-hazing fight

A History of Hazing at FAMU

Posted February 12 2012 view comments

Timeline decribes hazing at FAMU, and what has been the outcome, plus what should be new guidlines. The hazing culture at Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is so entrenched that the search for solutions will be difficult. A major incident occurred in 2001 when Marcus Wayne Parker, a Wolfson High School graduate from Jacksonville, was paddled so severely in a hazing ritual conducted by the FAMU band members that he suffered acute renal failure.