Outraged at Gardner-Webb

University board backs president who changed an athlete's grade, demotes those who objected

By WELCH SUGGS

Boiling Springs, N.C.

Nobody at Gardner-Webb University thought it could really come to this.

The president, M. Christopher White, admitting to waiving academic rules to benefit a star basketball player.

The faculty voting no confidence in him. The Board of Trustees...

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