The controversy surrounding former chancellor James Oblinger, former provost Larry Nielsen, former Board of Trustees Chairman McQueen Campbell and former first lady Mary Easley has not yet subsided despite the resignations of Oblinger, Nielsen, and Campbell and the termination of Easley’s contract.

Easley’s lawyer, Marvin Schiller, announced in a letter to the University Monday that she plans to appeal her termination.

“Please accept this letter as a notice that Ms. Easley is appealing her dismissal both with respect to the termination of her contract and with respect to any severance, notice or hearing which she may be due under NCSU’s policies, regulations and rules,” the letter read.

The letter also detailed some questions Schiller had about the appeal process and may be viewed on the NCSU homepage.

Schiller could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Oblinger e-mails missing

Last week, University lawyers alerted federal prosecutors in a letter that e-mails from January 2005 to June 11, 2005, the period when Oblinger helped create Easley’s job at the University, were deleted. The e-mail account was use for high-priority e-mails, and only Oblinger had access to account, The University’s IT staff worked to retrieve the e-mails but some could not be recovered.

Oblinger and Nielsen testified before a federal grand jury two weeks ago.

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