<p>No surprise here, sadly. Thrasher was the one that was going to get it in the first place, but at least we could save a little face by doing an actual search, right? This is just pathetic. </p>
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The Faculty Senate were one of the groups to really start pushing back against the original search that quickly appeared to be selecting Thrasher. I believe it was unanimously that they voted against him being the candidate. </p>
<p>There’s basically little support among those employed by the university and those that are paying the tuition and fees to attend the university for Thrasher. The student body and the faculty and staff are vehemently against Thrasher. A non-academic getting a job leading an academic institution over 3 candidates that have an academic background is just a farce.</p>
<p>Not to mention, his interviews in Tallahassee were a joke. He continually side-stepped questions, almost never giving a straight answer to anything he was asked. You can tell he’s a career politician just from those interviews.</p>