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    University of Missouri President Resigns Amid Protests, Racial Tensions

   by VOA News

   The president of the University of Missouri says he has resigned,
   giving in to a key demand of student protesters who say he did not
   adequately deal with instances of systemic racial discrimination on
   campus.

   President Tim Wolfe made the announcement Monday following a meeting of
   the school's governing body at the flagship campus of the
   35,000-student university in the central state of Missouri.

   The issue had attracted nationwide attention after the student
   government joined some faculty members and players on the school's
   football team in calling for Wolfe's ouster. Some teachers and students
   had threatened to walk out over the matter.

   Many students are upset at racial slurs directed at some black students
   in recent weeks and a swastika drawn in human waste found in a
   dormitory bathroom.

   A black graduate student, Jonathan Butler, started a hunger strike a
   week ago in protest, an action that has drawn increasing support on
   campus, including from 30 black football players who said they would
   not participate in any team-related activities unless Wolfe quit or was
   fired.
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