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5 things to know: Lawmaker wants ouster of Georgia Tech president

Georgia Tech president Bud Peterson was among the witnesses at a committee meeting, called by State Rep. Earl Ehrhart, chairman of the committee that allocates funds to Georgia's colleges, reviewing the due process policies at all of Georgia's colleges, but particularly Georgia Tech.   BOB ANDRES  / BANDRES@AJC.COM
Georgia Tech president Bud Peterson was among the witnesses at a committee meeting, called by State Rep. Earl Ehrhart, chairman of the committee that allocates funds to Georgia's colleges, reviewing the due process policies at all of Georgia's colleges, but particularly Georgia Tech.   BOB ANDRES  / BANDRES@AJC.COM
By Staff reports
March 7, 2016

Five things to know Monday, March 7:

2. State Rep. Earl Ehrhart says Georgia Tech president Bud Peterson should resign over his school's sex complaint process. [Greg Bluestein has the story here]

2. Friends of Trentavious White, better known as Bankroll Fresh, played music outside the studio where the rapper was shot and killed. [Tyler Estep and Lauren Foreman have the latest on this story]

3. Graham Nash says it's the end for Crosby, Stills & Nash. [Melissa Ruggieri tells you what he said]

4.  A quick-thinking fan saved a little boy from being hit by a bat at a Braves-Pirates spring training game. [see the photo and read the story here | smallest guy on Braves team is scoring big]

5. He put @ on the map (and every computer and phone). Ray Tomlinson, the creator of email has died. [read the story here]

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March is Women's History Month. Today we bring you the stories of Edna Lewis, the first noted African-American chef, and Simone Biles, who won the individual all-around title a the World Gymnastics Championships three years in a row.

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