Florida Band Players Face Charges in Hazing Death

Florida A&M band members will be hit with criminal charges today following a six-month investigation into the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. The charges come as two music professors at the school have had to resign over alleged involvement in another hazing incident, their lawyer says. A student accused professors Anthony Simons and Diron Holloway of beating him and other band fraternity members in a 2010 hazing incident at Holloway's house. The charges in Champion's death follow earlier charges in December against three band members in the beating of a female peer, the New York Times reports. (More Florida stories.)