Title: University of Missouri president and chancellor resign | CNN
Headings: University of Missouri president and chancellor step down amid race row
University of Missouri president and chancellor step down amid race row
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“I want to acknowledge his extraordinary courage and leadership,” Loftin said about Butler. “ A very tough, tough young man, a very focused young man, a very intelligent and forward-looking young man, so we owe him a lot.” African-American students at Missouri have complained of inaction on the part of school leaders in dealing with racism on the overwhelmingly white Columbia campus. Black student leaders have conveyed their displeasure over students openly using racial slurs and other incidents. Several University of Missouri organizations, including the football team and the student association, had called for Wolfe to step down. Until Monday, he had presided over the university system, which includes the main University of Missouri campus in Columbia, along with the University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Missouri University of Science and Technology. Saying he takes “full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred,” Wolfe asked that the university community listen to each other’s problems and “stop intimidating each other.”