Lang, Sears Resigning Amid DaughterGate Scandal (Updated)

The Associated Press is among those reporting Sunday's announced resignation of WVU Provost Gerald Lang, while noting that "there could be more ahead."

"The Faculty Senate Executive Committee is scheduled to discuss the (Heather) Bresch affair Monday," the article said. "On May 12, some professors have said they'll bring a motion before the senate calling for a vote of no confidence in WVU President Mike Garrison, a friend of Bresch who has denied applying any pressure to get her degree awarded."

Update: AP has WVU College of Business and Economics Dean R. Stephen Sears also resigning. So does MetroNews and the Charleston Daily Mail.

The chairman of WVU's Faculty Senate, meanwhile, spoke both to AP and MetroNews' Talkline (the latter offering audio).

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on the Lang and Sear departures, while fielding calls for further resignations and echoing such in an editorial.

The Daily Athenaeum also collects resignation calls, while also noting comments responding to Garrison's post on the subject on his official blog.

Update II: WVU's Faculty Senate offers links to the report, appendices and "meeting notes from the independent interviews."

The Charleston Gazette earlier delved into the he-said, she-said that lies beneath last week's report.

Public Broadcasting reports on Lang's departure while offering its recent interview with him. With audio.

MetroNews has the resignation along with a report of the "no confidence" movement among faculty. Talkline host Hoppy Kercheval, meanwhile, opines that "Garrison is in deep trouble because of the Heather Bresch scandal, trouble his young administration may not be able to survive."