In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, photo, Robert Champion, a drum major in Florida A&M University's Marching 100 band, performs during halftime of a football game in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/The Tampa Tribune, Joseph Brown III)
University officials on Wednesday acknowledged The Famuan newspaper's on-line edition erroneously implicated a band member in the 2011 hazing death of drum major Robert Champion.
They said the university has not yet been served with the lawsuit filed by Keon Hollis, also then a drum major, but pointed out the newspaper published a correction.
The two-week delay of the first edition until Jan. 30 will provide time for staffers to receive intensive training.
Another factor that led to the delay was the discovery by the journalism school's dean that some editors prior to August 2012 had been ineligible to participate in student media activities.
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