Chapel Hill Professor Quits Over Relationship With Student

Monty Cook, a faculty member hired by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to lead a new digital media program, has resigned after being confronted with racy text messages about his relationship with a female student, The News and Observer reported. The text messages were reported by the student's former boyfriend. Cook could not be reached, but admitted the relationship, university officials said. Students in the digital media program Cook led joined in reporting on the controversy.