Florida A&M Band Members Are Accused of Hazing Freshmen

The motto of Florida A&M University's award-winning marching band is "Perfection in music, highest quality of character, precision in marching."

But recently, some members apparently forgot the middle part of that maxim.

Late last year, university police officers arrested six band members following an alleged hazing incident in which a freshman member of the band had been severely beaten. Current and former band members had repeatedly struck 20 freshmen with a "board-like

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