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scientific search for the cosmic start of the universe. thank you so much for joining me. i understand this is potentially a huge discovery in switzerland. i am not totally sure i understand why. >> well, the higgs boson is the cornerstone of a theory that underlies, really under -- really explains what scientists have been able to measure in a laboratory. it is called "the standard model." it is all based on this mysterious higgs field, this invisible feel that permeates the universe. no one has been able to see it. -- this invisible field that permeates the universe. if they find it, and they have been searching for it for years, it will -- >> it will explain why we are all here, will it? >> well, partly. it will allow them to get onto the next problem, because the standard model does not answer a lot of questions that people want to know, like why the universe is made of matter and not anti-matter, and what is the dark matter for the dark energy that is examining the universe, -- that is accelerating the universe. finding out about this

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creator of the universe. god is much more of some -- awesome. [applause] >> so when you ask what is good about spirituality there are two levels to answer the question. loveless spirituality in general, and i think it's very important in people's lives to be spiritual and you are a scientist it is very importantly hope people realize being a scientist doesn't mean that you are not a spiritual person. the other level of the question is deepak's storage will be coming in by a player his spirituality as it relates to the human condition free yourself from your past, treating other people to respect and he's got me meditating. i like to meditate. i think it's very good for you. i recommend it and i also agree deepak that i think that spirituality, being a spiritual person and being able to appreciate the human condition in your place in the world wheat science all of more of awesome so there's a great complementarity they're using the term. >> great. having no bias. the scientific method is deeply nothing you can

is the present of the american association of university professors. c-span: professor kerry nelson what is the american association of university professors? >> guest: well it's a very distinguished and not quite ancient but organization that was established in 1968 and we are coming up on our 100th anniversary which is a big thing for us. it was established to articulate principles for the professoriat and to monitor conduct at universities around the country. we are the organization that defines tenure in the united states. we are the organization decades late that -- decades later they wrote the best statement on student rights in the united states and we represent all academic disciplines. it's a very serious enterprise that is really only possible by bringing together people from all fields across the country. c-span: how long have you been as president of how did you get there? >> guest: i am in the beginning of my sixth year. and term limited so i won't be president anymore though i might be pestering folks one way or another and i came here, i

of the universe. that's talking -- the universe and the laws of physics are two separate things, and i don't think thomas aquinas was talking about the laws of physics because -- >> no. he wasn't talking about the laws of physics. >> but we can also ask ourselves, okay, that's god, that's fine. what does that get us? >> do you know what it gets us? it gets us into humility and -- >> you quote einstein. >> yeah. one of the things i've said -- >> and he was a physicist, right? >> he was a physicist. >> just checking. >> he was, he was humbled into reverence at the rationality of the universe. and, you know, first of all, you can't measure reverence in units of mass and energy, and secondly, if it's a rational universe that is comprehensible to us, then it could have a rational source. but here is another objection i have to the scientific method that does not acknowledge consciousness. you know, leonard says that science is based on a loop of theory, experimentation and observation. where is theory conc

a cosmic to rankle the permeates the universe. that is what gives particle's mass and ultimately gives you and me structure. >> and comes from different channels, and the -- >> the results are being studied all over the world. the students watched the events unfold. >> is quite a special moment. >> we were supposed to be part of the group that had such a big part in it. >> they lend me a bike to get around when i last visited the machine. it has not given us a definitive answer. but these detectors have revealed a vital clues about how the universe got started. >> the russian president has said that the new parliament chosen in the election will have its first session on december 21. that is despite allegations of fraud. his knowledge of the complaints of malpractice, but gave no indication that he was considering a rerun. he has said he will remain faithful to the goals of the country's revolution. see here on the right, they said tunisia was being watched as a laboratory of democracy. a mass protest was a trigger for the arabs s

below us we can see the whole of the public campus of berkeley the university of california berkeley and we're standing at a boundary where that campus meets the private and military part of the research machine this is a big research machine one side of it has public the other side is private corporate and military so that in closing of the knowledge that used to be public and becomes private or becomes corporate or becomes militarized secret that enclosure of knowledge is something that i consider to be very damaging for the movement of science and the movement of knowledge so it is a very strong battle that is happening here and in other places in the world to try and protect that they versity of knowledge that diversity of culture. the latest development in this battle has been the arrival here on this campus of b.p. british petroleum. who would like to be called beyond petroleum b.p. came here offering five hundred million dollars five hundred million dollars which is much more than anybody had ever offered the university supposedly for research. administrators for the universit

the book is not at all relevant to any university i've ever been at because the universities have gone so far toward modernity that it's hard to imagine them to come back. on the other hand, another way of putting it is the university is so irrelevant to our lives. we heard a speaker earlier speak about how you go to the -- professor, you go to the university for four years, and most of them leave and believe exactly what they came in thinking. and i think that's probably pretty true. universities never changed my mind, and i've never been on one, on a university campus in which i was ever in the ascendancy. but, so i think the universities have kind of lost. but where bill triumphed was in society, was in america, was in sophisticated rem ms -- realms of american life and of the world life. i mean, bill's views weren't original, but his views on economics are now held whether people admit it or not by people around the world. bill's views on foreign policy are held around the world. bill's views in general are the views of adult america. liberalism today is dead. you'll find out in 20

a cosmic to rankle the permeates the universe. that is what gives particle's mass and ultimately gives you and me structure. >> and comes from different channels, and the -- >> the results are being studied all over the world. the students watched the events unfold. >> is quite a special moment. >> we were supposed to be part of the group that had such a big part in it. >> they lend me a bike to get around when i last visited the machine. it has not given us a definitive answer. but these detectors have revealed a vital clues about how the universe got started. >> the russian president has said that the new parliament chosen in the election will have its first session on december 21. that is despite allegations of fraud. his knowledge of the complaints of malpractice, but gave no indication that he was considering a rerun. he has said he will remain faithful to the goals of the country's revolution. see here on the right, they said tunisia was being watched as a laboratory of democracy. a mass protest was a trigger for the arabs s

below us we can see the whole of the public campus of berkeley the university of california berkeley and we're standing at a boundary where that campus meets the private and military part of the research machine this is a big research machine one side of it has public the other side is private corporate and military so that in closing of the knowledge that used to be public and becomes private or becomes corporate or becomes militarized secret that enclosure of knowledge is something that i consider to be very damaging for the movement of science and the movement of knowledge so it is a very strong battle that is happening here and in other places in the world to try and protect that they versity of knowledge that diversity of culture the latest development in this battle has been the arrival here on this campus of b.p. british petroleum who would like to be called beyond petroleum and b.p. came here offering five hundred million dollars five hundred million dollars which is much more than anybody had ever offered the university supposedly for research. administrators for the univers

. >> would you teach at the university? >> i.t. on the u.s. congress and interest groups and social movements and introduction to american government. trying to get as many incoming interested in the political science as they can. >> to national interest groups represent the representation? >> i think they do. it is in the focus of this research although i have another work focusing specifically on legislative lobbying. i think the way they can impact how legislators perceive the district is by encouraging members to make contact with them and that is something we know they are good at is making it easy to send a letter, send an e-mail to can reform letters sometimes, just facilitating the process i think makes a big difference and suggests it is all the legislators act. >> we are going through a redistricting period right now for the u.s. congress read what it makes sense to make the district's more homogenous thus the representative could be more representative to more people? >> would make the job easier for the represen

which still dominates the universities. anyway, i'd love to have a comment. >> and there's a teachers' union. [laughter] >> right. well, um, i agree with you about the problems of a prom -- programmatic materialist -- i did not know that about san francisco. of course, it's california. [laughter] but i do remember chesterton once said talking about, he didn't use the phrase, but some of these new age things, the most horrible of all religions, the religion within. what he meant, i think, was there's something, something important about religious institutions and the sort of social glue they provide. .. contrast with the atheist egalitarian goal lead. but beyond that, it is a curious thing because it maybe a religious society but also an incredibly secular society. that accounts for what -- the question is can you count on religion once stripped of its institutional force and authority and legitimacy? churches don't matter so much anymore. >> that explains why in san francisco you hear this mmmmmmm in the background. i never

making some changes here at the university? things can you tell us? some tangible things? >> there have been people incarcerated as a result of hazing. so, i mean, there is a stiff law. there are legal consequences for anyone engaged in hazing. we have adopted policies, procedures. but what i think -- >> reporter: nothing seems to be working. >> the other thing is that, when you look at the number of cases that we have had on our campus and you look at cases on other campuses, there is not a rampant kind of behavior. >> reporter: do you believe you bear personally any responsibility for what has happened to any of these students here? >> personal responsibility? i have done everything in accordance to the law here in the state of florida. >> reporter: about three hours after that interview we received this document from the florida department of law enforcement which says during the course of their investigation, they uncovered possible fraud and/or misconduct by employees here at the university. the document reads, "the depart

at the university of utah. to what do you attribute the remarkable output of new business from your university? >> well, dylan, it's a pleasure to be on your show. it's always about the inventi inventiveness of our faculty and their commitment to making a difference in the world. and they like to see their research out in the market and products out and jobs created. >> at the same time, there's lots of inventive and creative people, lots of very dynamic universities around the country. do you feel that your vascul advantages -- have you set this as a specific goal, where others have some other motivation? >> absolutely. i think that it starts with leadership at the top. we've had a lot of commitment from our administration to make this happen. but the other thing that we figured out is that as a university, this can be a huge enhancement to our program. and so we involved last year, for instance, 1,809 students in the various programs that we have. so it's not just about being outside the university, it's real

university's twitter account concerning a robbery at the bank inside the student union. at 10:40, they broadcast at about arm robbery had been hat -- have happened in this did you get. five minutes later, they said at the university union, take seller -- take shelter in your ear and standby. 10:47, suspect may be in liberal arts. that was followed by armed robbery, shelter in place, or information to follow. >> my teacher ran to the door and locked the door. we were all really nervous and paranoid about it. about the time we got out of class, i was exiting the liberal arts building. i was glad to see got caught. >> he was inside the liberal arts building when an announcement came over the intercom system say the suspect was inside his building. some nervous public, but thankfully the all clear was given moments later as was indicated at tackler 49 -- suspect in custody, please resume normal activity. >> it is amazing it would happen on campus. >> students like this one who showed up at the bank right after the robbery were shocked by the news that someone could be so bra

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the university broadcast that an armed robbery has secured it -- has occurred in the late university union. five minutes later, a robbery reported. take shelter. stand by for updates. 10:47, suspect may be in liberal arts building. followed by armed robbery at a university union. shelter in place. more information to follow. at 10:49, suspect in custody, resume normal activity. >> you would never think it would happen on campus. >> students who showed up at the bank after the robbery were shocked by the news that someone could be so brazen. >> they have a good system of telling us what's going on in the area. usually you only hear about things happening outside the university. for it to be in the university is crazy. >> while police have a suspect in custody, they have not charged this person yet. they tell us that at this point in the investigation, this person has no affiliation with the university. we hope to find out more information sometime tomorrow. >> the former goodwill employee charged with robbing area stores at gunpoint will remain in jail after he was denied bail. to dis

below us we can see the whole of the public campus of berkeley the university of california berkeley and we're standing at a boundary where that campus meets the private and military part of the research machine this is a big research machine one side of it has public the other side is private corporate and military so that in closing of the knowledge that used to be public and becomes private or becomes corporate or becomes militarized secret that enclosure of knowledge is something that i consider to be very damaging for the movement of science and the movement of knowledge so it is a very strong battle that is happening here and in other places in the world to try and protect that they versity of knowledge that diversity of culture the latest development in this battle has been the arrival here on this campus of b.p. british petroleum who would like to be called beyond petroleum b.p. came here offering five hundred million dollars five hundred million dollars which is much more than anybody had ever offered the university supposedly for research. administrators for the university

is something that emerges by the evolutionary process in the universe wherever in the universe brains or something functionally equivalent to brains evolve do you think it's conceivable that as the internet of the number of computers connected to it begins to approach. the numbers that are similar to the number of axioms and ganglions and synopses of the brain. that the internet itself may use and consciousness emerges from it the consciousness may emerge from the. that is a fascinating science fiction speculation and before we laugh it away we should remember that that's pretty much what did happen in the evolution of brains because brains started off as very simple and never systems and then the simple nervous systems got bigger and bigger and bigger more and more interconnected in complicated ways and that is what's happening to the internet and so i wouldn't absolutely rule out the possibility that sometime in the future something lightly internet probably very different from the way the internet is now but something like the internet or global network of electronic connections be

is something that emerges by the evolutionary process in the universe wherever in the universe brains or something functionally equivalent to brains evolve do you think it's conceivable that as the internet of the number of computers connected to it begins to approach. the numbers that are similar to the number of axioms and ganglions and synopses of the brain. that the internet itself may use and consciousness emerges from it the consciousness may emerge from the. that is a fascinating science fiction speculation and before we laugh it away we should remember that that's pretty much what did happen in the evolution of brains because brains started off as very simple nervous systems and then the simple nervous systems got bigger and bigger and bigger more and more interconnected in complicated ways and that is what's happening to the internet and so i wouldn't absolutely rule out the possibility that sometime in the future something like the internet probably very different from the way the internet is now but something like the internet a global network of electronic connections betw

berlin with you to picture the university? >> welcome the wonder of the wonderful things about the department of the university of maryland is that nobody claims ownership over particular subjects. i am the historian of the civil war and nobody else can teach that but me. i've been able to teach three probably my favorite course is just the american general history question. we get to ask the questions and paint with a broom rather than a brush. i teach a course in the history of slavery and in labor history. i taught many of the courses from the revolution to the jacksonian to the civil war and the reconstruction recently we started a center here and pick. a dedicated to the migration globally and preparing to teach a course on that which i'm quite excited about. >> will we be studying the period currently less than 50 years looking back at the immigration and to the country right now? is the middle and there's any question the great theme of american history always has been a great theme of american history into will continu

below us we can see the whole of the public campus of berkeley the university of california berkeley and we're standing at a boundary where that campus meets the private and military part of the research machine this is a big research machine one side of it has public the other side is private corporate and military so that in closing of the knowledge that used to be public and becomes private or becomes corporate or becomes militarized secret that enclosure of knowledge is something that i consider to be very damaging for the movement of science and the movement of knowledge so it is a very strong battle that is happening here and you know other places in the world to try and protect that they versity of knowledge that diversity of culture. the latest development in this battle has been the arrival here on this campus of b.p. british petroleum. who would like to be called beyond petroleum b.p. came here offering five hundred million dollars five hundred million dollars which is much more than anybody had ever offered the university supposedly for research. administrators for the uni

as saying that the universe, they cannot explain the creation of the universe. the universe and the laws of physics are two separate things. i don't think thomas aquinas was talking about that. >> we can also ask ourselves what we gain by saying okay that's god, that's fine. >> it gets us into humility and reverence. it gets us -- >> you quote einstein. >> there are things that einstein says in his book. >> he was a physicist, right? >> he was a physicist. he was humbled and reverence of the rationality of the universe and first of all, you can't measure reference in units of mass and energy and secondly if it's a rational universe that is comfortable to us it could have rational thought. but here's another objection i have to the science method that does not acknowledge consciousness. you know, leonard says that science is based on the loop loop theory, experimentation and observation. where does the experiment designed in consciousness? where his observation made? in consciousness. we have no scientific explanation for consciousness. right there, you are knowi

the university has not responded. and the former band member who sued and settled with the university describes how he was hit with a wooden paddle. >> after the paddling stopped, physical blows, face slapping. >> reporter: the university fired its long-time band director. julian white acknowledges there was a pattern of hazing but says he reported it to proper authorities. >> in all cases where i suspect there's hazing involved i take immediate action. >> reporter: with their son laid to rest, champion's parents plan to sue the university. >> no one wants to be standing in our shoes. no one wants to hear on a phone call that your son collapsed and died. >> reporter: the school's president vows to eliminate hazing at the campus. a pledge that may have come too late for one student. thanh truon, abc news, atlanta. >>> when we come back we'll tell you about the rocks that have been lined up today here at rock center. you wouldn't want your doctor doing your job. so why are you doing his? only your doctor can determine i

. >> at the university. >> at portland university. we were really beyond the range. we were in a rural area. my parents had a window on the world. they were very socially engaged. they never told me what to do or to care about things, but they modeled behavior that i think i absorbed, and is one of the reasons i am very focused on education as a lever for a change, because i did so much not get that at my school, but i do now. >> and from oregon, you went on to harvard. >> i went to harvard. i told my roommate that i had my deer rifle under the bed, and they were very nervous the first few months until they realized i was kidding. >> why did you go so far east? >> i never visited the harvard campus when i applied or before i arrived, but partly relieved because of my parents, i was aware of stanford, so i thought i would apply to stanford, and when i was applying, i said that i just could not apply to one college, so i thought what is another college i have heard of, and i thought harvard, and i got in. then i spent time working on a farm in france. there was one tha

it was right before the band's biggest performance of the year. >> i think that the university could have not allowed the band to perform at the florida classic. >> reporter: had you recommended that? >> it was recommended, and i supported it. however, the decision was beyond those attending the meeting. >> reporter: in other words the top university officials said the band will perform. the show will go on. >> there was never any doubt. there was never any question that the band would not perform. >> reporter: robert champion was found lying on the band bus after that game. florida a&m officials declined our repeated requests for an interview, but said in a statement, "the university took appropriate action when it was notified of specific hazing incidents. more than anything, we want to find out what happened to robert champion." shouldn't someone have done more to protect them? >> i think that more could have been done. i think that-- and i feel very considerable that i did-- comfortable that i did all i could. i'm not proud that i lost one of my children. >> reporter: robert cham

the university of maryland college park. the university maryland at baltimore will not merge. the call. >>> park campus that 37,000. the baltimore campus 6,000. they are the largest research campuses. with billions of dollars as year. they voted against a full merger calling for an alliance instead. >>> all right. on the run today for the army- navy rival football game. a group of academy annapolis will run 120 miles to deliver the game ball. that is one mile for every year the army-navy game has been played. the ball will arrive just before game time. you can see the army-navy game right here on eyewitness news. >>> that must be zigzagging their way and looping back. no way it is 120 miles. >> i'm telling you. north carolina -- and back. you know, you're right. it is going beanies day now there. of course, they have played in all kinds of weather, but just chilly. folks are going to be dressed for football, but blue skies and sunshine. >> much different than this afternoon's game in washington suburbs and tomorrow's game here. >> not really, 2 degrees. that's about it. calm w

the anniversary broadcast an armed robbery has occurred in the university union. please go to a safe location. roy burry reported at university union. take shelter if you are near. stand by further updates. suspect maybe in liberal arts building. take shelter. stand by for updates. followed by, are robbery at the university union. suspect possibly cited in the building. more information to follow. suspect in custody, please resume normal activity. >> it is amazing it would happen on campus. you never would think, especially townsend. >> alisha was shocked by the news. >> they have a good system of telling us what is going on. there will update you on that. and to be in the university is crazy. >> police tell us they still have not arrested the suspect as they are interviewing him and gaining more information so they have not release his name. they have told us that they believe this person is not affiliated in any way with the university. >> fire crews have their hands full battling a fire. and happened in the 2400 block iof blue circle. a lack of hydrants made it

. >> what do you teacher at the university? >> i teach class on the u.s. congress, also a class on interest groups and classes on social movements. and introduction to american government so we're trying to get as many incoming freshmen and sophomores into political science as i can. >> to national interest groups affect constituency representation? >> i think they do. interest groups per se were not the focus of this research although i have done other works focusing specifically on legislative lobbying. i think the way they can really impact how legislators perceive the district is by encouraging their members to make contact with them. that's something we know national interest groups are really good at is making it easy to send a letter, send an e-mail. they give you four letter sometimes. i think that makes a big difference and this book suggests it should sell legislators enact. >> we are going through a redistricting period right now for the u.s. congress. would it make sense to make districts more homogenous? >> yes. i think in theory it could be,

but because it's an activity of the universe, the universe and biology are a single system. you are the observer and that which is observed are both simultaneous activities of the universe. the question contains the answer. >> and walk me through how that manner of being, that manner of awareness can help us at a time when we feel people -- people feel disempowered. they feel that they are victimized in some way either by a large corporate apparatus or government apparatus. >> in every moment of your life, everything you're experiencing is a mirror of your sense of self. so in the seven spiritual laws, i ask seven principles. the law of giving, the more you give, the more you receive because everything circulates. the law of least effort, least effort, which is very difficult for people to understand because you're brought up in an ethic of hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, but nature operates through do less and accomplish more. spring comes and the flowers bloom, birds fly, you know, everything happens spontaneously, so love intention, inherit and the intention

creator of the universe. god is much more awesome thanks to time. [applause] >> so when you ask what is it about spirituality, there's two levels to answer that question. one level of spirituality in general. i think it's very important to people's lives to be spiritual. and if you're a scientist it's very important i hope that people realize being a scientist doesn't mean you're not a spiritual person. the other level of the question is deepak spirituality. i admire deepak spirituality simulates to the human condition. free yourself from the baggage of your path, treating other people with respect and he's got me meditating. and i like to meditate. i think it's very good for you. i recommend it. and i also agree with deepak that i think spirituality -- being a spiritual person and being able to appreciate the human condition and your place in the world make science all the much more awesome. so there's a great complementary player to use across mechanical turn. >> great. so let's start than with science. you

the board could also determine the fate of the university president. anna werner asked the school president about what appears to be a history of hazing at the school. >> reporter: moments after an anti-hazing assembly at the university, florida a&m president james ammons defended how his school has handled hazing on campus. why hasn't the university done more to stop hazing before this? >> the university has had a zero-tolerance of hazing. >> reporter: police suspect hazing played a role in the death of 26-year-old drum major robert champion. he was found unresponsive on a marching band bus last month. robert and pam champion are his parents. er we send soldiers overseas to fght for us. and we know that the possibility that they might be in harm's way. out when you send your kid to college, you don't think he's going to come back in a body d g. >> reporter: students have described a routine of ritual hazing from members of the famed marching 100. former band director julian white told cbs news he suspended uso dozen band members for hazing just days b

the creating god particle could funlt ofundmently change the wae look at the universe. here to join us is elia randal. i please to note her book is recently out "knocking on heaven's door" how physic and scientific thinking and the modern world. pgh. >>> explain to us what we think. first of all, let's start there when we say the word particle what do we mean? pgh it's a really good question in the sense we are digging down deeper inside of the matter. we see the table top and we go down to atoms and they are not fundmental. in fact, the pro ton is made up of smaller gone text of quarts. >>> what is so interesting isthu can't get it back in your mouths. >> what he we see mass wha what? >> einstein taught us one way o. it's response is to a force it tells you response to frawf guy and i.-- gravity and it shows yu response to force. mass can be measured and identified. it's a theory. and conceived by peter higs in the 90's, cecialght? pgh. >> the whoalt anythingsmechanit. we doacialt have any hard evidence in fact the mechanism is a stherry and it's one possible ex-per mu

the university system of rejenlts will vote today on whether to approve or oppose the americaner of university of maryland college park with its baltimore campus. the college park campus has more than 37,000 underimrawt and graduate -- undergraduate and graduate students, the baltimore campus has more than 6,000 students. it's home to seven professional and graduate schools. maryland senate president mike miller asked the university system to study the proposed merger earlier this year. miller said the merger would bring in more research dollars and called it a win-win for the state. sheree johnson, abc 2 news. >>> a fredrick woman is behind bars after pointing a loaded gun at a 4-year-old. police say that teresa snyder pointed a shotgun at a little girl and her father, snyder's boyfriend. court documents say snyder started yelling at her boyfriend and went in the bedroom and locked the door. she kicked the door open and aimed the weapon. she's been charged with assault and reckless endangerment. she's being held right now on a $15,000 bail. >>> leslie johnson, the wife of former p.g. county e

that's the latest from web site from the university down there. a potential second victim is reported at the caged lot. stay indoors, secure in place. now, as you know back in april of 2007 sun by cho opened fire on this campus killing 32 people, and he killed himself as well. it was one of the largest shootings in a single incident in u.s. history, so certainly authorities not taking any chances now. they're keeping students indoors and out of harm's way as much as possible as they investigate. there is some information about the identity of this suspect. not his name, but simply a description that has gone out. he's a suspect described as a white male with gray sweat pants, gray hat with neon green brim, maroon hoodie and a backpack, on foot towards mccombes, and people are being advised to call authorities if they see anything. but, of course, the university police, university officials very vigilant, on top of this. students are being told get out of the way in case there's any further danger. the situation very fluid, and we'll keep you poste

the university has not responded. and a former band member who sued and settled with the university describes how he was hit with a wooden paddle. >> after the paddling stopped, it was actually physical blows, face slapping. eating strange things. >> reporter: the university fired its longtime band director. julian white acknowledges there was a pattern of hazing but says he reported it to proper authorities. >> in all cases where i suspect there's hazing involved i take immediate action. >> reporter: with their son laid to rest, champion's parents plan to sue the university. >> no one wants to be standing in our shoes. no one wants to hear on a phone call that your son collapsed and died. >> reporter: the school's president vows to eliminate hazing at the campus. a pledge that may have come too late for one student. thanh truong, nbc news, atlanta. >>> there is more ahead. when we come back, we'll tell you about the rocks that had them lined up today here at rock center. >>> we're back now with new developments about