Regents approve Jim Hackett as interim AD and 5.8 million dollar Yost renovation
November 22nd, 2014 at 4:37 AM ^
The article mentions that the meeting was interrupted, and the location was changed, due to protesters. Hopefully they were shouting HIRE Harbaugh! (Clap clap clap-clap-clap)
November 22nd, 2014 at 7:11 AM ^
Nah. They were just angry about Blimpy Burger.
November 22nd, 2014 at 8:34 AM ^
It was affirmative action protestors and evidently it got a little violent (no need to discuss political opinions on the topic, just stating the facts).
November 22nd, 2014 at 9:18 AM ^
It was a group from By Any Means Necessary (BAMN).
November 22nd, 2014 at 9:28 AM ^
We had trouble with them when I was in high school. A couple of teachers were assaulted, IIRC. What the fuck is wrong with these people?
November 22nd, 2014 at 9:50 AM ^
I'd say the group name (By Any Means Necessary) indicates their philosophy on protesting. That video certainly made them look off kilter.
November 22nd, 2014 at 9:57 AM ^
I mean, I don't want to veer into politics, but I sort of fall on the same side of the equation as they do and even I can't stand them. Every year when I was in school, BAMN would sponsor a march on campus where they'd bring in busloads of high school kids on a school day, hand them signs, and march them around Ann Arbor for a few hours. They'd yell and scream and get in people's way, leave piles of discarded signs and trash wherever they went, and just be generally annoying. There was no rhyme or reason to it.
There's a way to protest and bring awareness to your cause. BAMN... Not so much.
November 22nd, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
I recall in my time in campus that they were generally unliked because they were basically just a-holes. I think their tactics are an effective way for them to be removed from campus, not to get what they aspire for
November 22nd, 2014 at 12:37 PM ^
And I think if you read the MLive article about this latest stunt, you'll see exactly why BAMN is so ineffective. The guy leading the protest yesterday is a Cal grad who moved to Detroit to mobilize high schoolers for BAMN. They use kids who have no idea what they're doing, who are hauled out of school on a regular basis to man BAMN events, and act like the organization is blameless when poorly trained and informed minors make a mockery of their message. You don't bring about change by standing indoors banging on doors and yelling into megaphones.
And holding up signs demanding the regents restore "on-site admissions" is just laughable. Michigan isn't Ferris State--they're not going to set up a table in the high school cafeteria and hand out admissions letters. Sure, Michigan may have done that until the 1970s (that's how my dad got into Michigan, actually), but in the current climate of college admissions, it's just not how an elite university like UM determines the student body.
November 22nd, 2014 at 4:20 AM ^
New permanent AD? Btw, if it is the same meeting a few days ago, the protests were about how low the minority enrollment is at Umich
November 22nd, 2014 at 4:47 AM ^
That's what I was wondering, but the article says Hackett will be the Interim AD. It also says Hackett will be paid 600k. Not bad pay for a temp. I guess it beats working at Honey Baked Ham during the holidays. I can save the university 600 grand, and tell them who they should hire as AD and Head Coach.
November 22nd, 2014 at 8:13 AM ^
The crazy thing is, they'll probably pay some search firm $300,000 to help them hire the next coach and that coach will end up being someone who whose cell phone number Hackett has.
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November 22nd, 2014 at 11:16 AM ^
Exactly.
November 22nd, 2014 at 7:08 AM ^
"Interim" and "permanent" do not mean the same thing.
November 22nd, 2014 at 8:31 AM ^
good to know.
November 22nd, 2014 at 10:35 AM ^
Some people apparently don't get the difference, though. Sometimes the reading comprehension around here is startling.
November 22nd, 2014 at 11:40 AM ^
The OP has since been edited to include "Interim". At first, it just said Hackett had been approved as AD. Obviously if those people click on the link and read the article they will see that he is just the interim AD. Anyway, I think that's why that poster questioned whether he was interim or permanent AD, because the original post last night didn't include interim.
November 22nd, 2014 at 8:36 AM ^
IIRC, when they announced Hackett was stepping into the position, it would be subject to formal approval. And I'm guessing 600k is less than he was making at Steelcase.
November 22nd, 2014 at 9:24 AM ^
I think until made official by this meeting he would not have the authority to act on behalf of the university as AD.
November 22nd, 2014 at 9:15 AM ^
I almost wish they wouldn't have approved him just to add to the shit show. I am going through M drama withdrawals. Almost.
November 22nd, 2014 at 11:37 AM ^
This got a laugh out of me, while crying about the drama on the inside.
November 22nd, 2014 at 10:47 AM ^
Do we really need an appoval for interim AD? I thought he'd be gone by now. JMO.
November 22nd, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
The probably needed to formally approve his contract.