Texas A&M President Resigns Amid Controversy

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Texas A and M University announced today that their president Catherine Banks is resigning. This comes after the university got a lot of national attention about not hiring doctor Kathleen mcelroy who is a black woman. Mick Elroy was set to lead the school's new journalism program, Miguel Roy of Texas A and M alum later announced she would not accept the position because her contract kept changing and school officials expressed concerns over her past work on race and diversity issues. Now in her resignation letter Bank said she takes responsibility for the attention the hiring brought and would leave her position immediately because quote negative press has become a distraction.