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The Latest: U. of Missouri students cite Ferguson influence

Members of black student protest group Concerned Student 1950 hold hands following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at the university in Columbia, Mo. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Members of black student protest group Concerned Student 1950 hold hands following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at the university in Columbia, Mo. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

By Associated Press 1 min read

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri (all times local):

1:30 a.m.

Some University of Missouri students say protests over the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown last year in Ferguson inspired the push for reforms at their college.

Among them is Reuben Faloughi, a third-year doctoral student, who said Monday that his experience with activism after Brown’s shooting death by a police officer “planted the seeds that students can challenge things.”

Complaints about racism had been brewing for months at the flagship University of Missouri campus in Columbia. Students took action, which led to the announcement Monday that the university system’s president and the campus chancellor would resign – as well as the promise of even more changes.