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Lou Meyers: Winning social issues

Regarding the Nov. 10 news article “University of Mo. leaders step down”: Red states and purple ones like North Carolina – worshiping at the altar of big-time college sports – may want to take note.

A potential new weapon in the war against social and economic injustice wears a jersey. (State university president and chancellor, apathetic to campus hate, resign after players go on strike.)

Mizzou Tigers, why stop there? Didn’t their state fail to expand Medicaid?

Lou Meyers

Durham

This story was originally published November 14, 2015 at 1:00 PM with the headline "Lou Meyers: Winning social issues."

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