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 […]
Mike Easley
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 […]
McQueen Campbell resigns from NC State Board of Trustees (3:20pm Update)
Feces continue to hit the fan in Raleigh! Link! McQueen Campbell has resigned as chairman of the board at NC State University as Chancellor James statusquOblinger’s ship is sinking faster than the Titanic. We could be looking at a (long overdue) complete changing of the guard and washing out of a lot of perceived dead […]
Provost Larry Nielsen Resigns
WRAL’s report: North Carolina State University Provost Larry Nielsen resigned abruptly Thursday morning, citing repeated questions over his hiring of the wife of former Gov. Mike Easley. Our initial take is that Nielsen’s departure is the first fallout from this front page story in the News & Observer this weekend, citing the Easleys’ relationship with […]
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 […]
