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Hazing trial starts in Orlando for one FAMU band member

ORLANDO — Jury selection in the trial of Dante Martin, one of the four remaining former Florida A&M University band members charged with felony hazing and manslaughter in the death of a drum major, is set to move to a second day, while trials for the three other remaining defendants have been postponed until April. The trial began nearly three years after drum major Robert Champion died from being beaten.


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NEWS  |  SFC

Santa Fe College passes anti-discrimination bill

After two transgender Santa Fe College students were heckled leaving a school bathroom, followed through campus to their car and chased to a nearby Publix grocery store this February, leading them to drop out of school, the incident ignited a flame that helped pass a protective measure for all students last week, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Capitalistic college sports must change

Recently, a decades-long academic scandal at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was uncovered. The systematic academic fraud was orchestrated by student services manager Deborah Crowder. Crowder has been accused of creating "paper classes" — registering sections of fraudulent independent study credit and classes that never actually met because they never existed. One source states that more than 3,100 students benefitted from these classes, receiving A’s and B’s for classes they didn’t take and preventing their GPAs from tanking.



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