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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowBall State University’s board of trustees has changed its mind about maintaining the name of the John H. Schnatter Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise.
The board voted 8-1 Aug. 16 to remove Schnatter’s name from the institute, almost two weeks after announcing it planned to maintain ties with the controversial founder of the Papa John’s pizza chain.
Schnatter, a 1983 Ball State graduate, resigned as chairman of Louisville-based Papa John’s International last month after he came under fire for using the n-word in a call during a media training exercise with an advertising agency.
After Schnatter publicly apologized for using the word and left the company’s board July 11, Papa John’s officials quickly began cutting ties with their former CEO by evicting him from corporate headquarters and removing his image from all marketing materials.
Several universities that had received major donations from Schnatter rapidly began taking his name off buildings and schools, including Purdue University and the University of Kentucky.•
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