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| Subject: Delightful: Mike Mullen resigned as vice chancellor for student affairs at North Carolina State University Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:02 pm | |
| Mike Mullen resigned as vice chancellor for student affairs at North Carolina State University Thursday after complaints from conservative students that they did not feel comfortable with him. Their stated reason was his tweets. He did not respond to requests for comment and the university said only that his resignation was personal. He remains on the faculty.
Minority students, among others, have praised Mullen for his support. He had removed the Twitter account where he generated controversy and made a new Twitter account private. He resigned the same day that College Republicans at NC State issued a call for him to do so. "Targeted rhetoric that compares conservatives and Republicans on NC State's campus to 'neo-Nazis,' 'alt-right crazies,' and 'KKK members' has no place in the university system," said a statement issued by the group. "This is the second instance in which Mr. Mullen has spewed harmful rhetoric on his official university account. In November of 2018, Mr. Mullen referred to three visitors of NC State as 'rednecks' in a derogatory fashion. This is an insult to the farmers and rural communities across the state and disrespectful to our university's long agricultural history."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/08/19/nc-state-vice-chancellor-resigns-amid-criticism-his-tweets
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