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Floyd Whitney: BOG’s iron curtain

Concerning the recent election of a new UNC system president, let’s hear it for Comrade Fennebresque and the rest of his Supreme Soviet, officially called the UNC Board of Governors.

Nothing says Soviet-style authoritarian, one-party rule like an election with one candidate and a rubber-stamp unanimous vote of approval. Joe Stalin would be very proud.

Floyd Whitney

Chapel Hill

This story was originally published October 31, 2015 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Floyd Whitney: BOG’s iron curtain."

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