2 FAMU music professors quit after FAMU moved to fire them for role in hazing

5 to be charged in FAMU hazing death

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Two Florida A&M University professors have quit under pressure after being told by the school that they were being fired for their role in an off-campus student hazing incident.

Anthony Simons, one of the two music professors who were investigated by FAMU and the Tallahassee police department told the Orlando Sentinel that he resigned on Friday after receiving a termination letter from the university.

The other professor, Diron Holloway, also resigned last week — before the two men's termination took effect on May 3, said their Tallahassee attorney, Mutaqee Akbar.

"They just didn't have a chance, so they decided to protect their own careers and resign," Akbar said. Early Tuesday, the president of the faculty union, Elizabeth Davenport, told the Sentinel that the two professors "have been fired."

This is part 1-2 of the FAMU story/interview that ESPN showed March 25, 2012, reported by T.J. Quinn and the live interviews done by Bob Ley. The investigative story went into the Culture of Hazing in the FAMU Marching 100 Band. Drum major, Robert Champion, was brutally beaten and killed in November, 2011. Thanks to ESPN and their show Outside the Lines for interviewing the Executive Director of HazingPrevention.Org, Tracy Maxwell.
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