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students can truly end hazing  By Roland Martin, CNN Contributor
updated 9:42 AM EST, Fri December 30, 2011 Florida A&M
University student Robert Champion, 26, who, an autopsy found,
Florida A&M University student Robert Champion, 26, who, an
autopsy found, "died within an hour of a hazing incident."   •
Roland Martin says he has long been opposed to hazing   • The
death of a university band member has raised the topic again, he
notes   • A zero tolerance policy on hazing is needed now,
Martin says   (CNN) -- In November 2010, I watched "HBO's Real
Sports with Bryant Gumbel" and saw a piece on the hazing antics
at several historically black colleges and fraternities. I took
to Twitter to share my thoughts on the issue.  Much of the
report focused on Southern University, and man, did the
floodgates open as a number of students from the university
angrily tweeted me back, cussing, yelling and screaming, with
some defending hazing, while others were angry