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FAMU Requests To Run Anti-Hazing Committee In Private

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – If Florida A & M University is going to battle hazing, university representatives said they need to do so in private.

During the inaugural meeting of FAMU's anti-hazing committee on Friday, members agreed to ask FAMU officials to allow the panel to bypass Florida's Sunshine Law which requires that public meetings and records remain open to the public.

The committee also announced that it would not investigate past hazing incidents at FAMU; instead, it plans to gather information about hazing and how other schools around the country have dealt with it.

The anti-hazing committee was created after the November 2011 death of FAMU's drum major, Robert Champion who was killed in a hazing stunt.

The panel is composed of members including the band director, a former federal persecutor and other experts who have studied hazing.

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