<p>I’ve seen Zimmer walking around a bunch of times. On paper, I think he’s committed to listening to student voices (acting on them might be another issue) and I think he could, if he wanted to, do a much better job of being the “I’m here for you” president than he is right now.</p>
<p>His primary goal seems to be to enter Chicago into the public consciousness, along with Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, etc. Personally, I think this is not a worthwhile goal, though some pretty sweet things have happened under his tenure and he seems good at cultivating major gifts (Odyssey gift, library, Milton Friedman institute, arts center, etc.)</p>