From the News & Observer (emphasis is mine):
N.C. State Chancellor James L. Oblinger resigned and former first lady Mary Easley was fired Monday in a stunning new round of fallout over her job at the university.
They join two earlier casualties: the provost who hired her, Larry Nielsen; and McQueen Campbell, the trustees’ chairman and Easley family friend who suggested the idea to Oblinger. Both stepped down last month.
University trustees said that it’s not clear whether anything illegal occurred and that most of the problems could have been prevented if those involved had been forthright from the beginning.
Oh my.
