Kudos to the News & Observer for this story. The head of NC State’s alumni association has been fired by interim chancellor James Woodward, reports the N&O. Just what, if anything, did university embarrassment about the Mary Easley hiring/firing fiasco have to do with Dr. Lennie Barton’s termination? The story indicates that some association members think it was a factor, based on a letter the paper obtained. Read the whole story. It’s worth your time, as are Don Carrington’s Carolina Journal stories about the Mary and Mike Easley situation.