More RA Students Slain

[WilliamW]

Shanee get stabby wif Kortneigh.


Kortneigh


Shanee

Female Frostburg State University student killed during off-campus fight
By Daniel de Vise and Robert Samuels, Published: November 6

A female [regionally accredited] Frostburg State University sophomore died early Sunday after another female student allegedly stabbed her in the head in an argument that spilled out of an off-campus dwelling, police said.

Police found Kortneigh McCoy, 19, of Baltimore lying in the street near the small-town campus in Western Maryland sometime before 2 a.m. McCoy was bleeding from a head wound, according to a release from Allegany County investigators. She died of her injuries at a local hospital.

Friends and family members said they think McCoy was trying to break up a fight between some friends and the suspect, identified by police as Frostburg senior Shanee Liggins, 23. None of them knew of any previous interaction between McCoy and Liggins, a business administration major from Waldorf.

“She was a nice, bubbly, energetic person who tried to do right by people,” Steven McCoy, a cousin of the victim, said on behalf her family. “It all feels surreal.”

Such deadly incidents on college campuses are considered a rarity. Yet Sunday’s attack was the second fatal fight between Frostburg students at an off-campus residence in the past year and a half, and it was the second fatal encounter involving two young women at a school in the University System of Maryland this academic year.

Investigators said that McCoy became embroiled in an argument involving several people in an off-campus residence about 1:30 a.m. and that the dispute spilled outside to Maple Street. There, the suspect allegedly “produced a knife and stabbed the victim,” according to a police statement.

Gerald Workman, who lives across the street from the yellow, two-story rental house, said he “heard a little noise out there” and got up to investigate. “I looked out the window, and the place was just surrounded with police officers,” Workman said.

Liggins was arrested and is being held without bond on charges of first- and second-degree murder. Police offered no further details on the sequence of events that led from a vocal altercation to alleged homicide.

Liggins lives in the Maple Street house, just off the Frostburg State campus, according to Jonathan Gibralter, the university’s president. McCoy lived in a freshman residence hall, where she served as a resident assistant, and was a visitor at the off-campus house early Sunday.

“This incident occurred off of our campus, where we have much less control over our students’ actions,” Gibralter said in an afternoon news conference, speaking to safety concerns. “This was not a random act, and we still consider this to be a safe community.”

McCoy, the second-oldest of five children, was a physics major at Frostburg, a regional public university with about 5,000 undergraduate students and a small graduate population. Most students hail from Maryland, many of them from Baltimore, its suburbs and the sparsely populated counties of Western Maryland.

She sang in the university chorale and in a gospel choir called Unified Voices Under God’s Dominion; she also sang at her home church, Empowerment Temple in Baltimore. McCoy joined the gospel group on campus after someone heard her rich alto in the student dining hall during her freshman year. Students from the ensemble gathered for a memorial service Sunday.

A more entertaining version of this story:
Baltimore She-Boon Physics Major Gets Stabbed to Def by She-Boon Bidness Major, Sheeeet!.

[Virtual Bison]

Ms. McCoy sounds like a nice young lady with a lot to live for. Its very sad to see such a promising life taken at such a young age.

[Herbert Spencer]

Not seeing any unaccredited schools on this list. Looks like the gold standard has another monopoly.

Recent Alcohol-Related Student Deaths-Sorted by Name

Presented below is an unfortunate tabulation of deaths where alcohol use by college students was the cause or a contributing factor, all occurring since 2004. The goal is to place faces on these tragedies. More than reflecting a failure of the unfortunate victims, this is an adult failing. With proper application of campus polices related to alcohol use, many, if not most, of these tragedies could have been avoided. Adults, with the responsibly and authority, need met their obligation to control the excesses, whether on campuses or in our communities. Unknown is the long-term harm of binge drinking on those students fortunate enough not to be included on this list. ...

Gabrielle E. Acevedo, 21, February 4, 2011, Nazareth College
Stephen Adelipour, 21, February 24, 2007, Boston University
Matthew Ainsworth, 21, March 26, 2011, Villanova University
Rissa J. Amen-Reif, November 25, 2007, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Molly Ammon, March 13, 2011, University of Florida
Justin Anderson, 19, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina
Thomas Argentieri, 21, December 9, 2007, Alfred University
Devon Arnold, 22, February 3, 2010, Colorado State University
Robert Atherton, 22, February 24, 2008, Michigan State University
Devon Austin, 19, September 12, 2010, College of Southern Idaho
Adrianna Bachan, 18, March 29, 2009, University of Southern California
Nana Kwasi “Nabby” Baffour-Awuah, January 1, 2011, Luther College
Lynn Gordon "Gordie" Bailey Jr, September 17, 2004, University of Colorado
Kurt Baker, 22, February 24, 2008, Mesa College
Hector Hugo Barrera-Barraza, March 16, 2007, University of California, Merced
Joseph Barton, 20, August 20, 2008, Michigan State University
Dustin Michael Bauer, March 12, 2008, St. Mary's University
Adam Baxter, 19, November 24, 2007, University of Maine
Aaron Beaver, 21, June 17, 2011, Butte College (Intoxicated driver attended Chico State University
Santiago Bernal, 21, February 19, 2011, University of Texas at Brownsville - Texas Southmost College
Christopher P. Berry, March 11, 2005, New Mexico State University
Bennett Bertoli, December 11, 2004, Colorado State University
Austin Bice, February 26, 2011, San Diego State University on a semester abroad in Madrid
Connie Blount, 18, April 13, 2008, University of Kentucky
William Kiel Bobbitt, May 1, 2008, California University of Pennsylvania
Tyshawn Bierria, 22, , May 2, 2008, New York State University College of Technology at Delhi
Abel Bolanos, April 3, 2007, Iowa State University
Adam Boncela, July 25, 2005, Ohio State
Jeffery Bordeaux Jr., 20, January 15, 2011, University of Rochester
Meaghan Bosch, May 14, 2007, Southern Methodist University
Holly Bossenbery, 17, January 30, 2011, Michigan State University (Underage non-students at party held by MSU students)
Beth Marie Boudreaux, 19, March 6, 2009, Southeastern Louisiana University
Colin Boyarski, April 3, 2005, Kenyon College
Caitlin Brann, 22, November 10, 2006, University of Notre Dame
Joseph Briggs, February 15, 2009, Seton Hill University
Sammy Broadhead, June 25, 2004, University of Southern Mississippi
Amber Rose Brown, 20, November 23, 2008, Grand Valley State University
Tommy Brown, October 29, 2005, University of Florida
Kaitlyn Bryant, 20, April 6, 2008, Pearl River Community College (University of Southern Mississippi student arrested for DUI)
Edward Andrew Bump, November 2, 2007, University of Minnesota
Bradley Bunte, 21, March 7, 2011, University of Illinois
Travis Cale,20, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina
Adam Carter, November 17, 2007, University of Tennessee
Victoria Cheng, 17, February 26, 2011, Ithaca College
Kyle Thomas Chorba, 18, December 12, 2008, Montgomery County Community College
Philip Cameron Christian, 23, March 13, 2011, Georgia Southern University (While on Spring Break)
Dwight Clark, 18, September 25, 2010, Western Washington University
Taylyr Cochran, 18, January 30, 2011, Michigan State University (Underage non-students at party held by MSU students)
Marc Anthony Cocozzella, November 13, 2007, Clemson University
Shane Collins, March 13, 2009, Michigan State University
Kimberly Coppens, September 9, 2007, Western Technical College
Sean Cornell, 20, May 4, 2007, Paul Smith’s College
Ashley Cowie, 21, January 9, 2011, Florida State University
Jordan Crist, 19, May 3, 2007, Southern Methodist University
Brenton F. Croll, 18, March 18, 2009, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Tyler Cross, November 17, 2006, University of Texas
Derek Crowl, March 16, 2007, Bloomsburg University, visiting friend at Boston University
Matt Crozier, 20, January 5, 2011, University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Dado, September 20, 2009, Penn State
Sheridan "Danny" Dahlquist, August 12, 2007, Bradley University
Danny Daniels, 19, January 7, 2006, California State University at Fresno
Christopher Dann, December 29, 2009, California State University, Long Beach
Spencer Datt, 18, May 15, 2011, High Point University
Mark Brandon Davis, October 7, 2005, North Carolina State University
Delores Decker, 59, April 28, 2009, (Non-student died in an accident caused by an intoxicated West Virginia University student)
Justin Richard Delval, 21, March 20, 2009, Texas A&M University
Charles Aaron Dennard (Visiting nonstudent), 22, February 10, 2011, Anderson University
Ciara DePrill, February 4, 2006, Temple University
Jay Franklin Derby, 20, November 22, 2009, Appalachian State University
George Desdunes, 19, February 26, 2011, Cornell University
Gary DeVercelly Jr, March 28, 2007, Rider University
Douglas R. DeWitt, September 26, 2004, San Diego State University
Thomas Lee Dillon, III, May 25, 2005, University of Virginia (non student partying with student friends)
Jared Dion, April 10, 2004, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 21
Ahjah Dixon, 23, March 4, 2010, Navarro College
Michael Dixon, March 23, 2010, University of Wisconsin Stout
Michael A. Douglas, 19, September 14, 2007, Lincoln University
Shawn Dow. November 17, 2007, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
Lee Drelles, 19, September 21, 2008, Michigan Tech
Patrick Drown, 19, August 15, 2009, California State University-San Marcos
Zach Dunlevy, December 10, 2006, Limestone College
Linzy Duvall, 21 March 28, 2009, Grand Valley State University
Kenneth Egan, 21, July 30, 2006, Oklahoma State University
Megan Elam, 18, August 13, 2011, Moraine Valley Community College
James “Jake” Leonard Elkins Jr., 19, August 13, 2010, Valdosta State University
April Englund, 21. April 5, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Andrew Enriquez, September 14, 2007, University of Florida
Anthony Robert Erick, 21, March 23, 2011, Ohio State University
Drew Everson, 21, October 23, 2010, Duke University
Adam Falcon, November 2004, St. Lawrence University
Donald Farrell, 19, October 28, 2007, Rowan University
Karl Fazli; 21, February 14, 2007, Wittenberg University
Matthew Felton, 21, September 28, 2008, Maine Maritime Academy
David Ferguson, October 31, 2004, University of Florida
Ryan Fieck, 23, October 10, 2010, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Samuel Paul Finn, September 23, 2007, East Carolina University
John Fiocco Jr., 19, March 25, 2006, The College of New Jersey
Lewis Fish, January, 22 2006, University of Georgia
Jenna Foellmi, December 14, 2007, Winona State
Wilson Waters Forrester, April 2, 2011, University of Arizona
Stephen M. Futey IV, January 14, 2009, Youngstown State University
Nikolas Gallegos, October 7, 2007, Stephen F. Austin State University
Michelle Gardner-Quinn, October 7, 2006, University of Vermont
Nicholas Garza, February 5, 2008, Middlebury College
David Gayle, September 25, 2010, Virginia Tech
Julia Kathryn Gilbert, January 9, 2010, University of Oklahoma
Raven Nicole Gileau, 19, April 25, 2010, Iowa State University
Ricky Gonzales, 22, August 31, 2011, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Mary Beth Goodner, 22, March 17, 2011, Auburn University
Laura Ann Gorman, February 2006, Eckerd College
Brett Gould, November 04, 2007, Maine Maritime Academy
Alexander Grant, March 6, 2011, Boston College/visiting Skidmore College
Matthew Grape, 21, September 15, 2011, Duke University
Joseph Hunter Green, January 22, 2010, Southern Methodist University
Brett Griffin, November 8, 2008, University of Delaware
Kristine Guest, February 6, 2005, Paul Smith's College
Blake Adam Hammontree, 19, September 30, 2004, University of Oklahoma
Scott A. Hams, 23, April 5, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Stout
John Hunter Hauck, May 3, 2010, Colorado State University
Brian Jason Hardin, 27, April 16, 2008, University of Kentucky
Morgan Harrington, 20, October, 2009, Virginia Tech
Benjamin Harris, July 13, 2010, University of Idaho
Anthony Harris, 17, January 30, 2011, Michigan State University (Underage non-students at party held by MSU students)
Thomas Ryan Hauser, 23, September 19, 2004, Virginia Tech
Dalton Eli Hawkins, April 24 , 2009, University of Kansas
Randall Heffron, Jr, 20, September 9, 2011, Wofford College
Rich Hegerich, November 21, 2004, University of New Hampshire
Danroy Henry, Jr., 20, October 17, 2010, Pace University student
Jennifer Herschkowitz, May 4, 2007, Quinnipiac University
Victoria Hickman, 18, November 27, 2006, York College of Pennsylvania.
Eirin Anne Hicks, 24, May 3, 2011, Texas State University
Caitlin L. Higgins, 21, January 1, 2009, University of Wisconsin Stout
Ross Higuchi, 19, April 19, 2011, University of Northern Colorado
Michael Alexander Hoffman, 21, August 30, 2011, University of Colorado
Lucas Homan, 21, September 30, 2006, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
John Hoover, 20, May 15, 2011, University of Maryland
Matthew Hurlbutt, 22, April 4, 2010, California Polytechnic
Robert M. Hurt, 21, March 9, 2008, Bradley University
Abigail Isabela, October 20, 2005, University of California-Santa Barbara
William Jacobson, 19, April 28, 2008, Ithaca College
Bradley Jameson, 18, September 15, 2007, University of Mississippi
Amanda Jax, October 30, 2007, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Derek Kyle Jensen, 23, October 27, 2007, University of Nevada, Reno
Jamail Johnson, 25, February 6, 2011, Youngstown State University
Kyle Joswiak, 22, March 17, 2010, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Jafar B. Karzoun, 20, May 1, 2010, University of Connecticut
Jason Keiran, 20, September 17, 2010, Florida State University
Meredith Kenneff, 20, March 12, 2005, Duquesne University
Christopher Kernich, 23, November 21, 2009, Kent State University
Babur Z. Khalique, September 19, 2009, Boston University
Warren Kimber IV, 20, January 31, 2009, Hobart and William Smith College
Khalil King, 19, August 27, 2010, Cornell University
Noah Krom, 22, June 6, 2009, University of California Santa Barbara
Pravesh Kumar, May 6, 2007, Texas A&M
Patrick Kycia, September 23, 2005, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Jonathan Lacina, 21, January, 22, 2010, Iowa State University
Kelly Laughery, 20, December 3, 2005, Iowa State University
Cara Lee, February 28, 2010, Orange Coast College
James Liegl, July 5, 2007, UW-Eau Claire
Alan Sun-Long Lin, February 5, 2011, UC Riverside
Griffen James Lollis, May 15, 2007, Lander University
Yeardley Love, May 3, 2010, University of Virginia
Samantha Loy, 18, February 1, 2009, Mesa State
Devin Lurain, 19, October 26, 2007, Florida Gulf Coast University
Dylan Lyford, 19, February 14, 2009, University of Maine
Kevin MacDonald, 21, June 14, 2008, University of Washington
Timothy MacLeod, September 13, 2008, Roger Williams University
Vijay Mahadevan, May 6, 2007, Texas A&M
Ryan Maher, January 15, 2009, St. Thomas Aquinas College
Lauren Mahon, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina
Wilson “Willie” Maldonado, November 10, 2006, LaSalle University
Patrick Martin, 23, April 5, 2011, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Jody Martyniak, January 22, 2006, Bridgewater State College
Francis J. Marx V, May 20, 2004, Involving University of Rhode Island students
Samuel Harris Mason, 20, October 15, 2010, Radford University
Sean Matti, 22, July 3, 2011, Purdue University
Rhiannon McCuish, 21, February 24, 2007, Boston University
Haeley N. McGuire, 18, May 15, 2011, University of South Carolina (HS Grad-to attend SC)
Caitlyn McLeod Price, 19, April 24, 2010, Appalachian State University (During trip home visiting friend attending nearby Lenoir-Rhyne University)-
Brian McMillen, 22, November 21, 2009, Michigan State
Sarah Merritt, March 21, 2007, Ohio University
Desiree Mesolella, 19, June 22, 2008, Adelphi University
Craig Meyers, 21, February 14, 2010, Western Technical College
Patricia Miguel, 30 (nonstudent), October 27, 2009, Hit by Cal State-Fullerton student
Sally Miguel, 44 (nonstudent), October 27, 2009, Hit by Cal State-Fullerton student
Tony Lee Miller, 22, January 13, 2008, South Central College
Daniel Miller, 23, April 25, 2009, University of Idaho
Jessica Moreno, 20, July 22, 2011, Mount St. Mary's College (LA)
Kara Morgan, September 12, 2009, University of Kansas
David Mueller, 19, July 19, 2009, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Cliffton Murove, September 11, 2010, Drake University
Luke Murphy, 19, March 30, 2009, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Bradley Murray, 25, October 8, 2010, Kansas State University
Daniel Myers, 22, August 27, 2008, University of Wisconsin
Andre Narcisse, 19, November 1, 2009, Yale University
Marcus Nelson, 21, June 17, 2011, (Enrolled at Butte College, but not yet student) (Intoxicated driver attended Chico State University
Jennifer "Jenna" Ness, 20, June 29, 2010, University of Montana
Rune Thode Nielsen, December 21, 2010, Stanford University
Jackie Nilsson, October 21, 2005, Bridgewater State College
Erik Nistad, April 11, 2009, Penn State
Kelly Nolan, 22, June 22, 2007, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jonathan R. Novenski, 18, December 22, 2009, Daytona State College (Home on Winter Break)
Raphael Nunez, 18, May 7, 2009, UC Irvine
Ryan O’Donnell, March 6, 2010, Dean College (while home on spring break)-
Keith M. Orzech, 21, July 21, 2005, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Arman Partamian, February 28, 2009, SUNY Geneseo
Rachel Payne, September 12, 2004, University of Delaware
Matthew Pearlstone, March 17, 2006, Cornell University (while visiting University of Virginia)
Cassidy Pendley, 18, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina
Isaac Perrault., February 15, 2008, University of Tulsa
Ricardo Petrillo: September 18, 2005. Qunnipiac University
Phanta "Jack" Phoummarath, December 10, 2005, University of Texas
John Allan Pickett, Jr, February 24, 2006, Frostburg State University
Mike Pietrzak, September 29, 2007, University of Nevada-Reno
Cody Pilkington, October 7, 2005, North Carolina State University
Lindsey Plank, 23, Stoughton, , August 27, 2008, University of Wisconsin
Martin E. Platek, 20, January 1, 2009, University of Wisconsin Stout
Andrew Polakowski, 18, September 7, 2006, Ohio State University
Jennifer Nichole Poli, 20, July 24, 2010, Des Moines Area Community College
Shirley Jennifer Poliakoff, May 6, 2007, San Diego State University
Seth Policzer, 21, November 9, 2007, Rochester Institute of Technology
Jarrod Polston, 18, September 11, 2010, Indiana University student visiting Ball State
Dana Poole, 21, October 8, 2010, New England College
Willie Poon, 22, May 3, 2008, Binghamton University
Maxime Profit, 23, March 6, 2009, Southeastern Louisiana University
Richard Putze, 22, August 27, 2008, University of Wisconsin
Benjamin Quaye, February 7, 2010, UC Santa Cruz
Kyle Quinn, 19, September 7, 2007, Kutztown State University
Ali Raddatz 18, February 28, 2009, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Scot Radel, 21, February 2, 2006, St. Cloud State University
Sean Kyrie Rascoe, 20, February 27, 2010, West Virginia University
Joshua Rau, February 6, 2005, Paul Smith's College
Brian Reams, March 4, 2007, University of Oregon
Samuel Reed, 19, September. 1, 2007, University of Pittsburgh
Philip E. Rehders, October 8, 2008, Franklin and Marshall College
Ryan Reinhardt, 18, September 12, 2010, College of Southern Idaho
Christopher Reynolds, 21, September 15, 2007, Kutztown State University
William Rhea, 18, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina
Amanda Jean Rief, 20, April 5, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Stuart John Robertson, 21, May 2, 2009, Washington State University
Maximiliano Rodriguez, 21, February 28, 2010, University of Texas
Erica Rose, 19, November 20, 2009, University of Rhode Island
Ryan Rosman, November 5, 2009, Michigan State University
Kirsten Ross, 20, April 15, 2008, California State University-Sacramento
Alex Ruiz, 22, February 14, 2009, Berkeley Art School (In accident caused by intoxicated Sonoma State University student)
Amy Ryan, 22, April 17, 2011, University of South Florida
Peter Sand, 21, August 6, 2008, visiting friends near Hamline University
Steve Saucedo March 26, 2004, University of California (UC), Berkeley
Brian Savage, 19, September 4, 2010, Bloomsburg University
John-Paul Sbragia-Zoricic, 20, September 27, 2008, Chico State
Garrett Schlichtemeier, 19, March 8, 2010, Chadron State College
William Cameron Schlifke, November 24, 2008, Christopher Newport University
David Schmitt, 22, May 7, 2011, University of Wyoming
Michael Scrocca, 23, April 30, 2005, University of Maryland
Elizabeth "Lizzy" Seeberg, 19, September 10, 2010, St. Mary’s College/Notre Dame (suicide after alleged sexual assault by Notre Dame football player)
Daniel Seidl, 21, September 19, 2010, Southern Illinois University
Nadia Shaheen, 62, November 11, 2005, Murray State
Kyle Sharbonno, April 1, 2007, University of Minnesota
Raisa D. Sheikh, April 25, 2009, Appalachian State University
Jordan Shirey, September 13, 2007, Bowling Green State University
Landon Siela, 21, August 22, 2009, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne-
Bradley L. Simon, 22, September 23, 2010, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Austin Slanker-Wilson, 18, August 15, 2008, Coffeyville Community College
Travis Smith, January 27, 2007, Ball State University
Johnny Smith, October 5, 2008, Wabash College
Gerald Smith, May 8, 2009, Indiana State University
Courtland Benjamin Smith, August 22, 2009, University of North Carolina
Matt Smith, 19, July 25, 2009, Ohio University
Richard Smith, October 28, 2006, Penn State
Jeremy Sobczak-Obetts, 23, October 17, 2009, Michigan State University
Dan Sohovich, 23, June 9, 2011, Virginia Tech
Alejandro Solis, October 19, 2008, USF Polytechnic
Samantha Spady, September 5, 2004, Colorado State University
Beth A. Speidel, April 14, 2007, Miami University (Ohio)
Benjamin Garrison Sprague, 18, December 8, 2007, Clemson University
Carson Starkey, 18, December 2, 2008, Cal Poly
Michael Starks, 18, November 20, 2008, Utah State University
Wade S. Steffey January 13, 2007, Purdue University
Jacob Stiles, December 2006, Southern Methodist University
Kandyce Stoffel, 23, October. 24, 2010, University of Minnesota
Jeremy Stoltzfus, 22, January 8, 2010, West Virginia University
Lance Strickland, 18. September 3, 2005, Oregon State University
Matthew S. Sunshine, 19, June 10, 2008, Northwestern University
Michael Szwed, January 26, 2008, Florida Southern College
Mary Taaffe, 18, August 31, 2007, Florida Gulf Coast University
Sara Tahmassebi, May 9, 2009, University of California Santa Barbara
Andrea Tallant, 19, March 19, 2007, Ball State University
Matthew Tembo, March 7, 2010, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (attending a fraternity party at Carnegie Mellon University
Joshua Threet, January 5, 2008, St. Cloud State University
Andrew Jackson Thurmond IV, September 24, 2008, Auburn University
Patrick Trainor, March 20, 2010, Purdue University
Edward Trapasso, August 23, 2008, Loyola College
Laura Treanor, 19, January 22, 2009, George Washington University
Nathan Trepagnier, 19, September 25, 2010, Nicholls State University
Syed Ali Turab, 21, November 9, 2007, Rochester Institute of Technology
Dorian Varcianna, January 31, 2010, Kennesaw State University
Nirmam Vasanwala, 19, September 9, 2009, St. Louis University
Anthony "Tony" Gerald Villella, February 10, 2007, Towson University
Allison Walden, 19, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina
Lee Walker, 18, May 4, 2007, Paul Smith’s College
Kendra Walthall, 19 (non-student), January 1, 2010, University of Denver
Douglas William Ward, 26, November 23, 2008, Grand Valley State University
Justin Warfield, October 17, 2007, Rider University
Mark J. Wegener, 20, May 30, 2011, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Stephen E. Welch, 19, January 29, 2005, Paul Smith's College
Bethani Werner, St. October 24, 2010, St. Ambrose University
Meghan Will, 23, August 29, 2010, Kansas State
Carlee Wines, January 22, 2007, University of Connecticut
Patrick M. Woehnker, 19, October 28, 2007, Wabash College
Andy Woods, 19, February 7, 2009, UW-Stevens Point
Christopher Wootton, 21, May 3, 2008, University of California, Berkeley
Jason Christopher Wren, March 9, 2009, University of Kansas
Mahalia Xiong, July 13, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Emily Yelton, October 28, 2007, Clemson University
Whitney Young, November 16 , 2006, Mesa College
Dan Zamlen, April 5, 2009, University of St. Thomas

[Virtual Bison]

Not seeing any unaccredited schools on this list. Looks like the gold standard has another monopoly.

Good point.

People do not tend to get killed in Distance Learning environments. Maybe somebody's wife might get pissed at him spending too much time on the computer and shoot him. But I have not heard of such a thing happening.

[ham]

Not seeing any unaccredited schools on this list. Looks like the gold standard has another monopoly.

Good point.

People do not tend to get killed in Distance Learning environments. Maybe somebody's wife might get pissed at him spending too much time on the computer and shoot him. But I have not heard of such a thing happening.

It has.
There are at least a few murders arisen out of online interaction. The funniest story follows:

In his day job, Russell Tavares was a skilled technician trained to operate the US Navy's state-of-the-art Aegis combat system. Among the many complex and onerous tasks he performed as fire controlman 2nd class, it was his job to trigger the launch of million-dollar missiles aimed at the enemy's distant lair.

But it was another long-range salvo launched while he was off-duty that landed Petty Officer Tavares in deep, deep trouble, ultimately costing the 27-year-old his reputation, career and last month - his freedom.

A frequenter of social networking websites, Tavares joined communities such as MySpace, Flickr, Deviant Art, Rate My Body and Geocities.

Calling himself PyroDice, he scattered details of his life across the internet. Such as the fact he owns a toy koala that his parents bought for him when he came to Australia as a 10-year-old, that his favourite pet was a Labrador retriever cross called Fergus and that he has a tattoo, but no piercings.

But if you play with strangers on the web, sometimes you can get hurt. And that's exactly what happened when Tavares started frequenting a site called Yafro. For reasons that no one can explain, Tavares became caught up in a bitter, long-running feud between members of what was otherwise an innocuous photo-sharing community.

Barbs were traded, insults thrown and threats made in an environment that grew increasingly hostile. The social networking site had morphed into an anti-social one. And for Tavares, it came to a head when John Anderson, a Yafro member calling himself Johnny Darkness, posted a digitally embellished image of Tavares.

The photo composition showed Tavares cradling a laptop in one arm, a pistol in the other and wearing a shirt with a pocket full of pens.

In the background, Anderson had photoshopped in the title from the 1984 comedy Revenge of the Nerds.

Tavares flipped. Anderson taunted him, daring Tavares to make good on his threat to "come and kick my butt", never believing for a moment that someone who lived 2000 kilometres away could physically threaten him.

But on October 9, 2005 - after driving from his base in Virginia, near Washington, DC - Tavares pulled up near a compound in the small community of Elm Mott near Waco in Texas.

There he knocked a hole in the side of a mobile home between a propane gas container and the hot water system, poured in a mixture of petrol and Styrofoam and ignited the flammable cocktail with a flare.

Moments later, the home belonging to John Anderson was engulfed in flames. No one was hurt in the fire, but the damage bill came to $US70,000.

[Martin Eisenstadt]

...and the band played on.

(Temptations reference, for all you Motown-loving geezers out there.)

Is this some more of that RA math? How many people in the FAMU "Marching 100" band? You got it...375.

...and the band played on.

Only seven similar incidents in the last decade? Multiple warnings and complaints from parents? Ah hell, you can't expect a regionally accredited university to be responsible for your kids' safety, can you?

...and the band played on.

He became "ill"???? Is that something like "lead poisoning" in the old Jimmy Cagney movies? Why no, the poor lad wasn't beaten to death, he just got a little "motion sickness" walking to the front of the bus.

Great googa-looga, can't you hear me talking to ya?

After sheriff cites hazing in FAMU death, parents say band was abusive
Robert Champion, 26, died Saturday night after he became ill aboard a parked bus outside the band's Orlando hotel.


Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University drum major Robert Champion, 26, died Saturday following a performance at the Florida Classic.

By Arelis R. Hernández, Orlando Sentinel
11:27 p.m. EST, November 22, 2011

On the same day Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings announced that hazing was involved in the death of a FAMU drum major, the Orlando Sentinel learned that several parents have been complaining for months about verbal and physical abuse within the school's prestigious marching band.

Robert Champion collapsed aboard a parked charter bus in front of the Rosen Plaza hotel Saturday night after the Florida Classic football game in which the [regionally accredited] Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Bethune-Cookman University marching bands performed during halftime.

He was pronounced dead a short time later at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital. The 26-year-old was a first-year drum major poised to become the top student in the band next year.

On Tuesday, the parents of three members of the FAMU "Marching 100" band told the Sentinel that they have implored university officials for months to end the verbal and physical abuse that one parent characterized as "a well-kept secret."

Felicia Fabre, whose son is a sophomore in the band, said she received a text message Saturday night saying a drum major had been killed after a hazing incident.

Her first thought was, "Oh, my God, I told them that this was going to happen," Fabre said. She shared with the Sentinel a series of emails, beginning in August, that outlined some of the abusive behavior her son had witnessed and been subjected to by "section leaders" in the band.

"These practice[s] MUST STOP and they will not until someone stands up and some changes are made," Fabre wrote in an email to band director Julian White and Ralph Turner, listed on the website as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "I feel because of love, calling and duty I must not only speak up for my son, but also for the students who are being belittled and mistreated and feel they do not have a voice."

Demings' news conference came just hours after FAMU officials announced all band performances would be suspended while the university investigates the circumstances of Champion's death amid allegations of hazing within the school's famed marching band.

"Any death that occurs as a result of hazing is a third-degree felony," Demings said.

FAMU President Dr. James Ammons said the university is organizing an independent task force to "determine if there are patterns of inappropriate behavior within the culture" of the 375-member band.

Champion's family could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Demings, in his remarks Tuesday, said his investigation "indicates that hazing was involved in the events that occurred prior to the 911 call for assistance.

"Anyone who participates in such events can be criminally charged," he said, adding that results of an autopsy performed Monday were inconclusive. More medical tests will be performed.

'Being terrorized'

Berlinda Johnson, whose son is a freshman and in the band, said she was in Orlando for the game and heard late Saturday that Champion had died. She told the Sentinel there were rumors that Champion had been beaten in the moments before he collapsed.

"Hazing has been ongoing throughout the year," she said. "This started the very first week of band camp."

In September, Johnson sent an email to band director White, which began, "Without my son's consent, I am sending you this e-mail…."

"Students are being terrorized and humiliated daily," she wrote. She gave examples: Her son had been "punched in the back while he was running around track" by a freshman section leader.

"This is now an official complaint," she wrote. "Please stop him and warn him that this verbal and physical abuse is serious business."

Johnson said she thinks White has tried hard to stop the hazing behavior, but other leaders in the band continue to participate.

FAMU parent Julie Lopez said her son, a band member, received a call from another student saying Champion was "crossing bus C" when he died.

She asked her son to describe the "rite of passage," which involves beating a new section member who is walking from the back to the front of a bus. To earn the respect and acceptance of his fellow drum majors, Champion may have endured this pummeling, all three parents who contacted the Sentinel said.

"Everyone was talking about it," Lopez said. "It was a planned event."

It is still unclear what type of hazing incident took place aboard the charter bus, and Demings would not answer questions at the news conference Tuesday.

'Very shocking'

Walter Kimbrough, an expert on hazing, said the prestige of the FAMU band — the drum-major position is particularly coveted — could entice students to submit to abuse.

"It's the most famous [college] band in the world, and so you can create rituals and customs in that band because people want to belong," said Kimbrough, president of the historically black Philander Smith University in Little Rock, Ark.

The problem, he said, is not confined to bands.

In 2005, Florida became one of the few states to make hazing a felony. The Chad Meredith law is named after a University of Miami student who drowned in 2001 after drinking during a fraternity hazing.

"It's a higher-education problem," Kimbrough said. "It just manifests in different ways."

Ocoee High band director and 1997 FAMU grad Bernard Hendricks called the recent incident "very sad, very shocking." And the possibility that the death was "band-related" is more of a shock, he said.

Hendricks marched in the band in the 1990s, and said he recalled some hazing but nothing physical.

"It was a lot more verbal and mental," he said.

Hendricks said if he made a mistake on the field, he "expected" someone to call him out.

Now that's he's a band director, Hendricks said he watches for hazing in his own classroom.

"As a teacher, I try to make sure that it doesn't creep into what I do."

On Tuesday, Bethune-Cookman University released a statement saying its president, Trudie Kibbe Reed, and the entire B-CU family offered its "sincerest condolences" to FAMU "and the family of drum major, Mr. Robert Champion, for their tragic loss."

In his remarks Tuesday, FAMU's Ammons addressed rumors that Champion was hazed, saying that the school was cooperating fully with the sheriff's investigation.

"Hazing is illegal," Ammons said, adding that the school is dealing with the issue and vowing to make sure "we end this practice."

The Tallahassee school has received seven reports of hazing in the past decade, officials said. Two of those cases resulted in the arrests of three people, according to university spokeswoman Sharon Saunders. The other cases were not prosecuted or the victims refused to cooperate, she said.

Saunders said the school has an anti-hazing policy, and band director White said he has dismissed more than two dozen band members recently because of possible hazing incidents.

Ammons said band performances would be halted "out of respect" for Champion's family.

Former FAMU marching-band member Marcus Parker won a $1.8 million verdict against members of the band in 2004, stemming from an incident in 2001, according to the Florida Times-Union newspaper in Jacksonville.

The newspaper reported that Parker was beaten with paddling boards so badly during a Marching 100 initiation that one of his kidneys shut down temporarily. Five men were held liable for his injuries.

[Ben Johnson]

Sue for $100 million punitive damages and they might get it. The bastards have been there before but did nothing.

[Virtual Bison]

Hazing of any kind needs to be outlawed.
Maybe if people are hit in their pocket books more often this kind of shit will stop.

[Albert Hidel]

Only seven similar incidents in the last decade? Multiple warnings and complaints from parents? Ah hell, you can't expect a regionally accredited university to be responsible for your kids' safety, can you?

...and the band played on.

FAMU President James Ammons lets it slip. Is the safety and welfare of his students of paramount importance to him? Ah hell nah! Don't be killin the drum majors y'all, it be bad for our image.

Ammons said he could not talk much about Champion's death because of the "potential for lawsuits" but he also expressed concern about the negative publicity surrounding Champion's death. He said that he was trying to overcome past bad publicity regarding the university's handling of finances and its academic reputation.

"Preserving the image and the FAMU brand is of paramount importance to me," he wrote.

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[Albert Hidel]