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Florida A & M University trustees meet in a day-long workshop tomorrow and officially on Thursday to consider new anti-hazing measures being proposed by President James Ammons. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, the draft proposal would fix many of the problems discovered during the investigation of a drum majors death by hazing.

A tough new anti-hazing plan will be in place before the fall semester, if the Florida A&M University Trustees agree. Dr. James Ammons disclosed a broad outline of the plan in an exclusive interview last week.

“We think its necessary for us to have NCAA-type regulations in place,” Dr. Ammons said.

Trustees will meet a total of 18 hours over two days. About three hours of that time will be spent on the band and hazing.

The draft agenda shows an anti-hazing officer reporting directly to the president. A compliance officer in the Music department will enforce new requirements for band members. Those requirements include:

• Maintaining a 2.5 Grade Point Average

• Band practice will be limited to 20 hours per week.

• There can be no off campus meetings

• Eligibility for band travel will have to be approved by three people, starting with the band director

• Band members will also be limited to four years of performing on the field

• And all band members must be full time or near full time students.

Senior Paige Turner believes the changes may have limited affect.

Reporter: You don’t think it will stop it?

“No,” Turner said.

Reporter: Why not?

“Because, I mean, even if you have a good GPA, you can still take part in stuff like that, or even if you have a bad GPA,” she said. “Good people do bad things sometimes.”

The draft plan also calls for all faculty, staff and students to sign a new anti hazing agreement.

The band lost three faculty members as a result of the hazing scandal. They will be replaced by visiting professors while the school searches for permanent replacements.