The N&O touched briefly on a subject I’ve been curious about for a while: How the recent events revolving around State’s leadership have affected its revenue stream from donors. “If NCSU can afford to give Mary Easley an $80,000 salary increase, it no longer needs my support.†Beyond the obvious issues of inadequate accountability and […]
Mary Easley
Jim Hunt As Chancellor? Not On My Watch!
Today’s Triangle Business Journal features NC State “booster†Steve Stroud doing a little “boosting†for someone else: former four-term governor Jim Hunt. Stroud, it seems, thinks Hunt would be a dandy occupant for the vacant chancellor’s chair at NC State: “Jim Hunt would do a great job bringing the university back together.†In fact, says […]
Gone but not forgotten (because they’re still ripping us off)
One aspect of the ongoing scandal at my alma mater has been the revelation of an institutional culture of administrators openly enriching themselves at the expense of the citizens of North Carolina, who are — they should remember — forced to fund the university no matter what. That includes no matter how removed from responsible, […]
The Day After (Updated 9:40am)
Huge day yesterday. statusquOblinger’s resignation became SFN’s fourth most viewed story of the entire month in a single day. The worst thing about the yesterday’s traffic to the site is that WV Wolf’s fantastic “State of Football” piece got a little overshadowed. As usual, our community shared some fantastic comments that are much appreciated. Link […]
statusquOblinger Resigns (Updated 3:35pm – Easley Fired)
What are we going to do now that we are losing one of the all-time best nicknames SFN has ever originated? NC State University Chancellor James Oblinger resigned effective immediately. Former UNC Charlotte Chancellor Jim Woodward will take over. This link will take you to a great profile of Woodward from a 2004 article. It […]
The Drama Continues: Mary Easley to Stay Put [Updated 6pm]
Last night: Link to Bob Jordan’s appointment Great feature: SFN’s big piece on Oblinger The drama certainly continues in West Raleigh as the attorney for the embattled former First Lady says she plans to go nowhere, according to the N&O. “Mary Easley plans to continue making contributions to North Carolina State University and the state […]
Another morning, another front page embarrassment for Oblinger, NC State
It’s another morning in the Carolinas, so that can only mean that there is another development in the “NC State-Mary Easley case.” Today’s front page story – Feds probe Easley hiring – is particularly damning because it represents an inquiry directly into ‘official’ dealings between the University. Federal prosecutors Tuesday ordered the chancellor and provost […]
statusquOblinger finds part of his memory on Monday
Alternative title: NC State’s 63 year old Chancellor publicly admits to losing his edge and forgetting important information Cartoon from Charlotte Observer NC State University Chancellor, Jim statusquOblinger asked Mary Easley to resign her University post on Monday after (deservedly) coming under significant criticism for the University’s handling of Easley’s hiring and pay. The former […]
The Mary Easley Entry
We obviously were busy last week and didn’t have a lot of time to post things on the blog. (Calling all people who have author access out there!?!?!? Anyone home?) But, we wouldn’t really be following NC State appropriately if we didn’t at least provide one entry about this Mary Easley mess going on in […]
