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Missouri president Tim Wolfe resigns amid student criticism of his handling of racial issues

riggertMissouriThe Missouri football boycott may come to an end on Monday as the president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday amid criticism of his handling of student complaints about race and discrimination.

President Tim Wolfe has resigned and it is effective immediately. The announcement came at a special Board of Curators meeting on Monday morning.

“I take full responsibility for the actions that have occurred,” Wolfe said. “I have asked everybody to use my resignation to heal. Let’s focus in changing what we can change today and in the future, not what we can’t change in the past.”

Graduate Student Johnathon Butler began a hunger strike last Monday to bring attention to this issue and the complaints came to a head over the weekend when at least 30 black football players announced they would not participate in team activities until Butler ate again or Wolfe was removed or stepped down.

The football team canceled all team activities yesterday, including a scheduled practice.

Tiger head coach Gary Pinkel even tweeted out a photo on Sunday after a team meetings that showed many players locked in arms and Pinkel wrote, “The Mizzou Family stands as one. We are united. We are behind our players. ”

The Missouri football team has announced that they’ll end their boycott and resume all team activities.

Mizzou is scheduled to play BYU on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. inside Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

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