May 18, 2007

Southern U. Suspends Its President

By KARIN FISCHER

Southern University's governing board has placed the system's president, Ralph Slaughter, on paid suspension for two months while officials there investigate allegations that the board's former chairman sexually harassed female employees.

The Board of Supervisors ordered Mr. Slaughter to step aside until July 5 and to cooperate with an internal investigation of the handling of complaints against the former chairman, Johnny G. Anderson. Mr. Anderson, a top aide to Louisiana's governor,

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