“Hopefully this is just an isolated incident, and one that Southern surely wants to address, because they don't want this,” Moore, the prosecutor, said.
Southern, with an enrollment of about 7,400, has forced every member of the 180-member “Human Jukebox” to reapply for their spots in the band and sign an anti-hazing pledge, said school spokesman Ed Pratt.
The university had no comment on the proposed plea agreement.
Danielle Winger, 21, a junior from New Orleans, said she has friends in the band and doubts violent hazing is widespread.
“I can honestly say, I've never seen someone walking around with black eyes or broken arms,” Winger said. “I think this was just boys being boys.”
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