Florida A&M University

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In an Orange County courtroom ,Jessie Baskin, 22, looks at his mother who was overtaken with emotion Friday, March 28, 2014, after he was sentenced to a year in jail for the beating death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion. Baskin pleaded no contest to manslaughter in November. He is one of several FAMU band members who have pleaded to charges in connection with the hazing death of Robert Champion. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber)

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In an Orange County courtroom , Georgia Baskin, left, mother, bows her head as her son, Jeffrey Baskin reaches over to comfort her Friday, March 28, 2014, after Jessie Basking was sentenced to a year in jail for the beating death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion. Baskin pleaded no contest to manslaughter in November. He is one of several FAMU band members who have pleaded to charges in connection with the hazing death of Robert Champion. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber)

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In an Orange County courtroom ,Jessie Baskin, 22, looks at his mother who was overtaken with emotion Friday, March 28, 2014, after he was sentenced to a year in jail for the beating death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion. Baskin pleaded no contest to manslaughter in November. He is one of several FAMU band members who have pleaded to charges in connection with the hazing death of Robert Champion. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber)

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The Florida A&M University band performs Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. With trials still pending for several defendants in the hazing death of a former drum major, the band makes its return performance after a 22-month absence during FAMU’s season-opening football game against Mississippi Valley State. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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The Florida A&M University Marching 100 band performs on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, in Orlando, Fla., during FAMU’s season-opening football game against Mississippi Valley State. The band was making is first appearance in a football stadium in nearly 22 months after the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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James Ammons, the president of Florida A&M University, will step down from his position at the school. His resignation takes effect on Oct. 11. (Associated Press)