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How a racial-justice effort at the University of South Carolina became a smokescreen for inaction.

Robert Caslen, the former president of the University of South Carolina, told The Post and Courier that taking the job was "the biggest regret of my life." He resigned in May after 21 months on the job amid fallout over a plagiarized commencement speech. The Post and Courier article reviewed his controversial hiring by the university and emails he sent about hostility he said

Former University of South Carolina President Robert Caslen, a retired Army general who resigned after less than two years in the wake of a plagiarism and misidentification controversy during a commencement speech, said in a newspaper interview that taking the job is the biggest regret of his life.

Humpday News Roundup: The Devolution Edition May 19, 2021 This is How it Feels to Win   While Lake County is wallowing around at about 36% vaccinated or nearly vaccinated, Benton County has topped the billboard with 67% fully vaccinated and another 11% on the way. Hood River County is edging up on us at 66% fully and 11% nearly, so we want y’all to go on out there and get that needle in your arm, because we’re looking to stay number 1 in the state! [And, thanks everyone that’s been vacc...

Was Robert Caslen a good president of USC? We examine the highs and the lows Lucas Daprile, The State (Columbia, S.C.) May 19—Once everything is considered, did Robert Caslen do a good job as the president of the University of South Carolina? Or perhaps the better question is, given all the controversy that surrounded him becoming president, was it even feasible for him to be a popular or effective president? This story is a subscriber exclusive Was Caslen set to fail from day...

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USC President Robert Caslen resigns, Pastides to serve in interim role Bristow Marchant and Lucas Daprile, The State (Columbia, S.C.) May 13—Robert Caslen resigned as president of the University of South Carolina on Wednesday, bringing his short but controversial stint at the helm of the states flagship public university to a quick end. Caslen will be replaced in the interim by former USC President Harris Pastides, according to an email from USC spokesman Jeff Stensland. "Trus...

Source: iStock The president of the University of South Carolina, Robert Caslen, has resigned after admitting he plagiarised part of a speech by a prominent US military leader during a commencement weekend speech. “Trust is the most important ingredient of effective leadership, and when it is lost, it is nearly impossible to lead,” Mr Caslen, a former superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point, said in announcing his decision. Mr Caslen, the president at South Carolina since A...

The universitys president, Robert Caslen, delivered a speech so bungled — with the wrong school name and closing remarks lifted nearly word-for-word from another famous commencement address — that it prompted widespread criticism from social media users to state legislators in South Carolina. Now, less than a week later, Caslen has resigned. "I am truly sorry," said Caslen, a retired Army lieutenant general, in a statement announcing his resignation. "I was searching for words about resilie...