College Board names Vitter Ole Miss chancellor
JEFF AMY, Associated Press
7:47 p.m. CDT October 29, 2015
... It's the summit of a long climb through academia for the 59-year-old Vitter, a computer scientist and brother of Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana ...
The appointment comes days after interim Chancellor Morris Stocks decided to stop flying Mississippi's state flag Monday, saying its Confederate battle emblem was unwelcoming to some.
Vitter faced repeated questions Thursday on whether he agreed with that decision and how the university should deal with other Confederate symbols. He sidestepped direct answers, saying he respected the process by which the university made the flag decision and wanted to look to the future ...
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