Holden Thorp hears from alumni over Butch Davis

Posted Jul 30, 2011
The words delivered to chancellor Holden Thorp's email inbox practically jump off the page, revealing a deep fracture among UNC-CH alumni and supporters over the firing of football coach Butch Davis on Wednesday. "You folks are spineless, slimy slugs who have dishonored our whole university," wrote Ben Kushner, a class of 1971 graduate in Alpharetta, Ga. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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