<p>At the opening ceremony for undergrads, I shook his hand, but I had to make him look up to do it. Whereas Ted O’Neill and some other serious figures were standing around chatting with students, Zimmer was reading some report. When I see him around campus, he’s always in his business suit either alone or in conversation with others in business suits – seems kind of inappropriate for him to be in charge of such an institution. Regardless, does a university president really need to be in touch with the students to be successful? As long as he’s doing things to please the students, then I’d say yes. However, all of his moves thus far seem like either really smart actions that will benefit the university or movements that will increase his own personal prestige as university president.</p>