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ROLAND S. MARTIN: Only Students Can Truly End Hazing

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com In November 2010, I watched HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" and saw the piece done on the hazing antics at several historically black colleges and fraternities and took to Twitter to share my thoughts on the issue. Much of the report focused on Southern University, and man, did [...]

GOP Debate No. 1758 Recap: Bachmann Attacks Gingrich, Ron Paul Wants To Stop Warmongering (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Will Cain and Don Lemon discuss Thursday night's GOP debate. Michele Bachmann attacks Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul's Iran policy.

Death Of Hazed FAMU Drum Major Ruled Homicide

Source:  Michael Winter / USA Today The death of Florida A&M University marching band drum major Robert Champion has been ruled a homicide, the local medical examiner has announced. The Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner's Office determined that the 26-year-old's death was the result of blunt-force trauma while he was being hazed, the Orlando Sentinel says. WATCH: Hazing And Black Colleges: Is [...]

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch With Roland Martin: NAACP Pres. & CEO Ben Jealous, WH Policy Advisor Melody Barnes, AFT Pres. Randi Weingarten, Pastor Jamal Bryant

  - Topics to include the fight for voting rights, domestic policy priorities for The White House, advancing the education agenda and the role of the African American church in the income inequality gap- December 16, 2011, Silver Spring, MD – -   NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous, outgoing White House director of the Domestic Policy [...]

Barry Bonds Gets 30 Days House Arrest, Two Years Probation; Sentence Stayed Pending Appeal

Source: CNN Baseball legend Barry Bonds was sentenced Friday to two years of probation for an obstruction of justice conviction in connection with his 2003 testimony to a federal grand jury investigating pro athletes' illegal steroids use. The sentence, which also includes a $4,000 fine, will be put on hold pending an appeal. The sentencing came [...]

Source: Chicago Bears WR Hurd Provided Drugs To Other NFL Players

Source: AP / CBS News Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd, who was arrested Wednesday on federal drug charges, was a top drug dealer in Chicago and police have a list of NFL players who were supplied drugs by the receiver, a law enforcement source told CBS Radio's 670 The Score. The list is "in the [...]

McQueary: I Fully Conveyed Sandusky Event (VIDEO)

Source: AP / ESPN HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Penn State assistant football coach testified Friday that he believes he saw former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molesting a boy on campus and that he fully conveyed what he had seen to two Penn State administrators. Mike McQueary, speaking for the first time in public about the [...]

Doctor Says Singer Etta James Is Terminally Ill, Asks For Prayers

Source: AP / The Washington Post RIVERSIDE, Calif. — "At Last" and "Tell Mama" blues singer Etta James, whose health has been fading in recent years, is now terminally ill, and her live-in doctor is asking for prayers. Dr. Elaine James, who isn't related to the 73-year-old entertainer, tells the Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/tVMtaN ) that [...]

Veil Of Secrecy? A Look Into How To Stop Hazing (VIDEO)

Walter Kimbrough, President of Philander Smith College, discusses the culture of hazing and how to stop it. WATCH:

McQueary: "Act Was Over" So I Didn't Go To Cops

Source: AP / CBS News HARRISBURG, Pa. – Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary says he witnessed former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molesting a boy but that he didn't call police because he was sure "the act was over." McQueary was testifying Friday at a preliminary evidentiary hearing for two of his superiors at Penn State [...]