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 […]
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Hill: I feel like I’m going to get a chance
We’re going to take a step back from the events of the past few days and look at something positive: a person who is actually representing our university, and doing it well. Anthony Hill is happy with where he landed as a 4th round pick to join the Houston Texans. A Texas native, Hill had […]
Former Lt. Governor chosen to lead NC State Board of Trustees
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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 […]
Monday Morning Bytes
Good morning! Hope your weekend was nice. An awful lot is going on in Raleigh right now with the ****storm that brewing and creating heat on Chancellor statusquOblinger and the results of his (lack of) leadership from Holladay Hall. You can use Friday’s entry announcing the resignation of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees […]
Weekend Open Thread
We figured that the rate at which ‘leaders’ at NC State were resigning that we better open an entry just in case we aren’t around the computer over the weekend! NC State’s Men’s Golf team is one of Lee Fowler’s last hopes to earn points and try to help our Athletics program again finish dead […]
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 […]
Andre Brown: The steal of the NFL Draft?
Most of us were a little surprised when Andre Brown fell to the 4th round of this year’s NFL Draft. But, with that fall also comes a set of expectations that may be easier to reach on a relative basis. Brown is already turning heads in New York. (Link) The more I hear about Brown, […]
