FAMU President Ammons to face tough questions

By Christian Allen, News 20 at Five

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., – FAMU President James Ammons will face tough questions this week. His proposal for a new anti-hazing plan will be released to the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors.FAMU SGA Vice President, Troy Harris says this is a vital time for Ammons and FAMU.

“It’s really important, it happens every year but the fact that everything has been going on this year. It’s really important because the Board of Trustees is going to pass down a judgement to actually send to the Board of Governors and they’re going to trust our evaluation. So if it’s good, it’s looking pretty good for FAMU,” Harris said.

The Board of Governors Inspector General, Derry Harper, gave President Ammons the deadline of February 7th, to submit all documents in regards to the University’s Anti-Hazing Strategy.

Paul Thompson, a senior pharmacy student, believes the review will be a successful one. “I think President Ammons has done a great job with handling the situation. I couldn’t imagine having to address the student body on something like that, hazing has been a problem for a very long time. With recent safety forums and anti-hazing forums he should just keep doing what he’s doing, and good luck at review,” Thompson said.

The Board of Trustees review will cover July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 disregarding the period when FAMU experienced a having related death, within the Marching 100 band. Now it is up to President Ammons to keep FAMU’s flame eternal.