Ohio State Ex-President's Friendship Scandal

0:00It's April 21st. This is Canada News today, AI-powered stories from your city. Ohio State University's former president, Michael Carter, broke school rules by pushing hard to get a close personal friend a job and access to campus. Resources. A new report dropped Tuesday, laying it all out, saying his actions violated policy and wasted staff time. Over nearly two years, Carter hit up at least 14 employees for help with Cresanthi Blockos, who runs a podcast for military vets. He recommended her for hires, asked for office space, staff support on her projects, even university cash and ties to state economic groups. Borchere, John Ziger called the findings deeply disappointing, but noted the school's check stopped any real misuse of funds. Still, it pulled in tons of personnel hours and betrayed Ohio State's core values. Carter, a retired Navy Vice Admiral, resigned just weeks ago after admitting he let someone get too close to leadership. He was two years into

1:01a five-year deal, worth over 1.1 million bucks a year, running a massive school with 60,000 students and an AN. $11.5 billion budget. No word yet from Carter or Blockos on the report, leaving folks wondering how this shakes out for university trust moving forward.