FAMU Trustees Opt for "Independent" Anti-Hazing Committee

FAMU Trustees Opt for "Independent" Anti-Hazing Committee: Trustees of Florida A & M University (FAMU), hoping to demonstrate they are responding decisively to the hazing death of a university drum major, this week approved an action plan drawn by their New York-based public relations counsel and appointing a five-member “independent” committee to study hazing on college campuses and what can be done to stop it at FAMU. The action plan also includes honoring the deceased band member with a memorial and scholarship.

“The FAMU Anti-Hazing Committee will be forward-looking and will be charged with seeking solutions to hazing,” says Belinda Shannon, a member of the FAMU board of trustees.