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Mount St. Mary's president resigns in the wake of "bunnies" comment

by Amy Scott

Feb 29, 2016

The university was roiled by a gaffe that compared struggling students to "bunnies" that needed to be drowned.

Students at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md., where about a quarter of students don't make it to sophomore year. From left: Patrick Collins, Aimee Solano, Molly McShalley, Stephen Witkowski and Vrunda Patel.

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