The word is that he resigned this morning, effective immediately.

About damned time.

6/8/2009 9:58:33 AM

really?

now its time to get rid of a few other crooked admin

6/8/2009 9:59:23 AM

And where are you hearing this?

6/8/2009 10:00:02 AM

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5303995/

6/8/2009 10:00:10 AM

He needs to take Scary Mary with him.

6/8/2009 10:03:07 AM

http://www.technicianonline.com/news/oblinger-resigns-1.1760654 too

6/8/2009 10:03:25 AM

Quote :

"The move comes one day after the Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting about a severance package Oblinger provided former provost Larry Nielsen that might have violated university policy."

Any idea about the severance package?

Quote :

"The memo stated that, pending approval, Oblinger will be granted a six-month leave at his current salary before returning to the faculty as a professor of food science."

That's bullshit.

[Edited on June 8, 2009 at 10:06 AM. Reason : ]

6/8/2009 10:04:02 AM

Quote :

"To the Students, Faculty and Friends of NC State University: In a few moments, we will be announcing that James Oblinger has chosen to resign as chancellor of NC State. I wanted you to be the first to hear this disappointing news. Chancellor Oblinger cares deeply for NC State. He has devoted 23 years to our university and his leadership will be greatly missed. One of things I admire most about Jim Oblinger is that he has always put the university's interests ahead of his own. He is resigning because he does not want the ongoing controversy surrounding the university's hiring and employment of Mary Easley to continue detracting from the important work of our faculty and staff. He wants the university to move forward, and that is what we must do. A copy of the official announcement of the chancellor's resignation, along with a copy of documents that NC State submitted to the U.S. Attorney's office today, can be found on the university's Web site at 9:30 this morning at http://www.ncsu.edu. I will continue to keep you informed about these developments and our search for a new chancellor in the coming weeks. If you have questions or comments, you can send them to me at: web_feedback@ncsu.edu. Bob Jordan, Chair of the NC State Board of Trustees "

6/8/2009 10:06:20 AM

my professor predicted this three weeks ago

he predicted 2 weeks... so he's a little bit off

6/8/2009 10:07:07 AM

Now, if State would boot Fowler and Stafford, a new era might be ushered in.

6/8/2009 10:07:11 AM

we're freeing up a million bucks by getting rid of 3 people!

6/8/2009 10:08:01 AM

http://ncsu.edu/about-nc-state/chancellor/chancellor-transition/index.php

[Edited on June 8, 2009 at 10:09 AM. Reason : statement]

6/8/2009 10:08:54 AM

Quote :

"The memo stated that, pending approval, Oblinger will be granted a six-month leave at his current salary before returning to the faculty as a professor of food science."

Let's hope that doesn't get approval.

6/8/2009 10:09:27 AM

https://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/122537082.html

An old article on Woodward, for those of us who weren't familiar with him

6/8/2009 10:12:04 AM

^^agreed

[Edited on June 8, 2009 at 10:12 AM. Reason : ]

6/8/2009 10:12:06 AM

Quote :

"we're freeing up a million bucks by getting rid of 3 people!"

so let's stop stealing pay from university employees!

6/8/2009 10:15:54 AM

Quote :

"professor of food science"

that makes me laugh for some reason

[Edited on June 8, 2009 at 10:22 AM. Reason : I'VE INVENTED THE CARROT! Ø]

6/8/2009 10:20:54 AM

I'd like to say im gonna miss Oblinger, but I could really care less

6/8/2009 10:59:53 AM

^ you could? i couldn't

6/8/2009 11:18:40 AM

I actually liked him. He was a good guy, is a good guy. He just got caught up in this Easley crap and now its going so far its ridiculous. I dont doubt that it comes out he had nothing to do with the hiring...it was him simply trying to help the provost that screwed him up.

good guy, he really is.

Wish they'd get rid of Stafford though or he would resign.

6/8/2009 11:21:29 AM

I like how personal and confidential this is
http://www.wral.com/asset/news/local/2009/06/08/5303008/hiring.pdf

6/8/2009 11:23:29 AM

Quote :

"it was him simply trying to help the provost that screwed him up."

Helping the provost? The provost got to keep his old job without Oblinger's help. Oblinger was trying to get him an extra 300k.

6/8/2009 11:24:02 AM

someone please explain this animosity to Stafford

6/8/2009 11:24:26 AM

^^exactly, you said it exactly as i meant it.

6/8/2009 11:26:40 AM

Quote :

"I like how personal and confidential this is http://www.wral.com/asset/news/local/2009/06/08/5303008/hiring.pdf"

I hope you're intelligent enough to realize that the university and their lawyers have decided to make available the documents that were submitted to the US Attorney's office.


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As for Oblinger, he was Monteith 2.0

There's a reason he was known as "status quOblinger".

[Edited on June 8, 2009 at 11:30 AM. Reason : .]

6/8/2009 11:26:44 AM

personal agendas?
unfair control over the SG?
abuse of power?
unfair to students?

6/8/2009 11:27:49 AM

^is that stafford or O

6/8/2009 11:37:46 AM

stafford, cousins, etc

oblinger was not on that level, but he certainly enabled it

6/8/2009 11:38:19 AM

ahh

so it is just whining from former student government people

ok...

6/8/2009 11:40:12 AM

ahah. good job failing. i have never been on SG.

6/8/2009 11:41:15 AM

Oblinger sucks balls

6/8/2009 11:43:23 AM

See, if we had made Kermit Hall Chancellor after MAF left, none of this scandal would have happened, and Kermit would still be alive today

6/8/2009 11:49:42 AM

Quote :

"I hope you're intelligent enough to realize that the university and their lawyers have decided to make available the documents that were submitted to the US Attorney's office."

I do, however, I'm just going to refrain from further commenting. Everything is always about the money

6/8/2009 11:50:37 AM

I woke up this morning and turned on the TV, and this was the first thing I heard.

At first I was like

But then I was like

What a great way to start the day!

6/8/2009 12:19:07 PM

Bowles should be next

6/8/2009 12:21:56 PM

Quote :

"someone please explain this animosity to Stafford"

Stafford has been at the forefront of crushing every tradition or good thing surrounding NCSU athletics.

He made sure that campout was neutered forever after the bonfire and Thompson bathroom destruction debacle. He's been instrumental in reducing tailgating time to nothing. I'm sure he was active in all the noise ordinance legislation.

I don't know that the guy has ever been on the side of the students...ever?

6/8/2009 12:28:00 PM

I don't think he has

6/8/2009 12:36:09 PM

don't forget about the whole sullivan hall noose in bathroom drama. Oblinger acted like they were gonna come down hard on it. Ended up wasting so many resources, time, and money, and the culprit was never caught.

6/8/2009 12:45:42 PM

Quote :

"we're freeing up a million bucks by getting rid of 3 people!"

6/8/2009 1:18:23 PM

why does everyone have it out for oblinger, easley, and nielsen?

6/8/2009 1:20:15 PM

Quote :

"we're freeing up a million bucks by getting rid of 3 people!"

this is fucking stupid. We're not actually freeing up anything, we're continuing to pay those 3 people ~$1,000,000 for at least the next six months for doing nothing. If that was meant to be sarcastic, then disregard my comment.

6/8/2009 1:52:19 PM

Can we merge this into one big NCSU-Gate Thread?

6/8/2009 1:52:53 PM

^^and it's not like they're not going to be replaced anyway, that money isn't going anywhere

6/8/2009 2:00:48 PM

Quote :

"don't forget about the whole sullivan hall noose in bathroom drama. Oblinger acted like they were gonna come down hard on it. Ended up wasting so many resources, time, and money, and the culprit was never caught."

Was there really any time and resources wasted? I just assumed that they felt like they had to publicly take a stand against it, but anyone with a rational mind understood that it really was not a big deal at all.

6/8/2009 2:17:42 PM

6/8/2009 2:54:17 PM

Quote :

"why does everyone have it out for oblinger, easley, and nielsen?"

I liked Nielsen, and I'm indifferent to Easley beyond her paycheck.

Everyone should have it out for Oblinger, Stafford, and Fowler

6/8/2009 3:40:42 PM

SHE GOT FIRED!!

6/8/2009 3:42:14 PM

Quote :

"Let's hope that doesn't get approval."

Well, considering budget concerns in the state and the overall current economic climate...


Of course they'll approve it.

6/8/2009 5:40:14 PM

Quote :

"I dont doubt that it comes out he had nothing to do with the hiring...it was him simply trying to help the provost that screwed him up."

News14Carolina just showed e-mails back and forth between Mike Easley, Oblinger, Nielsen, and the BOT guy, and Oblinger was a clear and obvious player in the hiring.

6/8/2009 11:21:27 PM

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