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>> i think theres been a lot of racial tensions, and im glad that something has finally been done. >> reporter: in september, the black student body president said a group of white students had shouted the "n" word at him. >> im walking down the street and someone slings the "n" word out at me again. >> reporter: other students reported a swastika left on a dorm wall. and the universitys response was lacking, even infuriating, they said. they could hardly believe the news. enough to bring some t...

Calculus changed >> reporter: after two months of anger and unrest on campus, an announcement as sudden as it was stunning. >> im resigning as president of the university of missouri system. >> reporter: hours later the chancellor announced hell be stepping down at the end of the year. students say this semester has been plagued with incidents of racial harassment. >> a lot of racial tensions. im glad that something has been done. >> reporter: in september the black student body president said a...

Both sides of the aisle here in the state and in d.c. encouraging him, pressuring him to step down. you have students staging sit-ins and walk-outs. and then the news that the football team, at least 30 players, would not be playing in the next coming game or participate in any practices, a move that could have potentially cost the university more than $1 million. so the pressure was definitely mountsing on tim wolfe. now the announcement this morning that he will in fact be stepping down. it is...

University of missouri are calling for a walk-out today, the latest action in the protest calling for the schools president to resign. planned walkout taking place as university leaders try to resolve their racial tensions at the missouri campus. dozens of football players are also protesting, theyre saying they will not take the field until the president of that university is gone. nbcs sarah dallof joins us from columbia, missouri with more. >> reporter: good morning, jose. the emergency meeti...

Im richard lui with your hours top stories. university of missouris tom wolf says there will be changes to address racially charged incidents on campus. a swastika was drawn with human waste on a dorm wall. black members of a football team are boycotting activities until wolf resigns or is fired. one student is on a hunger strike. there was a massive memorial service for the 224 victims of the plane crash in egypt. theyre still trying to determine if a bomb down the airbus. now back to "caught...

Opening statements in a case thats raising questions about the culture of sex at an elite boarding school. >> any comments as the trial gets under way? >> then 18-year-old owen labrie is accused of raping a 15-year-old freshman on the roof of a school building last year. but not just any school, the prestigious st. pauls in new hampshire where tuition topped $50,000 a year. its alumni include secretary of state john kerry, former fbi director robert mueller, actors, bankers, and members of congr...

>> reporter: after two months of anger and unrest on campus, an announcement as sudden as it was stunning. >> im resigning as president of the university of missouri system. >> reporter: and hours later, the chancellor announced he will be stepping down at the end of the year. students say this semester has been plagued with incidents of racial harassment. >> i think theres been a lot of racial tensions, and im glad that something has finally been done. >> reporter: in september, the black stude...

This is very fresh, but update us on jonathan butler, his hunger strike and what happens next for everyone there at mizzou. >> reporter: very busy day here. it was the football team that really pushed this story into the national spotlight. but these calls for action have been going on for months following a string of racist incidents at the school and the response described as many by the university president as woefully inadequate. those incidents we are talking about racial slurs hurled at st...

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