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FAMU Hazing, Robert Champion: Violent Rituals Don't Make Men Stronger
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FAMU Hazing, Robert Champion: Violent Rituals Don't Make Men Stronger
They make worse human beings. The hazing death of Florida A&M marching
band member Robert Champion proves it. At a historically black college
especially, slavery-style abuse shouldn't be a badge of pride.
By Jonathan Zimmerman
December 21, 2011
Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/1221/
FAMU-hazing-Robert-Champion-Violent-rituals-don-t-make-men-stronger
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/6mhcjuu
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So heres a quick and grisly quiz, culled from Americas recent college
sports scandals. What merits harsher repercussions, killing a college
student or sexually abusing a child?
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If the decisions of officials at Penn State and Florida A&M Universities
(and resulting public reaction) are any gauge, it appears that Americans
deem child abuse the more serious crime. And we all need to think more
seriously about that.
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At Penn State, following allegations of sexual abuse against former
defensive football coach Jerry Sandusky, head coach Joe Paterno and
university president Graham Spanier both got fired. But at Florida A&M,
where drum major Robert Champion died last month in a hazing incident
(which a medical examiner ruled a homicide), his band director was simply
put on administrative leave. And the schools board of trustees voted to
retain the schools president, James Ammons, even after Florida Gov. Rick
Scott urged him to step down pending an investigation.
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In fairness to Florida A&M, officials there had acknowledged the bands
hazing problem and were taking active measures to combat it. Earlier this
year, for example, over two-dozen trombonists and clarinetists had been
suspended for hazing. By contrast, it appears that Penn State tried to
cover up Mr. Sanduskys alleged crimes instead of tackling the allegations
head-on.
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Some may argue, too, that the hazing was a consensual act committed by
adults (college students) on an adult victim, where Sanduskys alleged acts
include victimization of a minor.
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But consider, too, that the four students who were initially expelled for
hazing Champion were subsequently allowed to return to classes. The
medical examiner found multiple blunt trauma blows to Champions chest,
arm, shoulder, and back. After his beating, the examiner wrote, Champion
complained of thirst and fatigue. Then he lost his vision. And then he
died, probably of rapid blood loss.
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Hes not the only one, unfortunately. Journalist Hank Nuwer has counted
nearly 100 hazing-related deaths at American colleges and universities
since 1970. And if you look at Mr. Nuwers list, one big fact jumps out at
you: Almost all the victims are men. Its a guy thing.
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And it goes all the way back to the birth of American higher education. At
institutions like Harvard and Yale, sophomores visited a host of terrors
on freshmen. Some of the freshmen were smoked out of their rooms by
sophomores who blew smoke through keyholes; others were stripped, bound,
and gagged and left in cemeteries. Freshmen were also required to doff
their caps to upperclassmen and to run errands for them.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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