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    UNC students (left to right) Catie King, Brook Wolford and Chrissy Luettich write thank you notes on long roll of paper to UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp at the South Building in Chapel Hill, N.C. Friday Sept.21, 2012. Students held a rally trying to persuade the embattled chancellor to remain in his position. He said he would not.
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    Lew Margolis, an instructor at the UNC School of Public Health holds a sign during the rally .
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    Jagir Patel and Mackenzie Thomas, of the UNC Campus Y make remarks supporting Chancellor Holden Thorp.
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    Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt (right) voices support for UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp as Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton looks on.
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    UNC students Wes Hodgin (left) and Chris Batchelder hold a sign they made in honor of Chancellor Thorp.
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    UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp gets a hug from senior Alexis Davis, President of the Black Student Movement, as he's introduced to the crowd for remarks. He told the gathering of students and faculty he would not return as chancellor next year.
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    The crowd reacts as Thorp says he will not return as chancellor next year.
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    Thorp and Jackie Oberton, Chair of the UNC Employee Forum lead the crowd in the UNC fight song after Thorp's remarks to the students.
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    Thorp gets a hug from a well wisher after he addressed the crowd at the South Buildingt.
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    Thorp waves to the crowd near the end of his remarks .
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    Thorp heads back to his office after his remarks at the South Building.
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    Supporters of Thorp write well wishes on a long piece of across a sidewalk after the chancellor spoke to them.
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