November 5th, 2014 at 7:01 AM ^
I was wondering if Brian's guy won.
November 5th, 2014 at 7:01 AM ^
They arent released to the public yet.... I have been wondering the same thing haha
November 5th, 2014 at 8:57 AM ^
Won't know until Wayne Cty is in.
November 5th, 2014 at 11:16 AM ^
When voting for MSU regents, I always vote for the crazy party candidates like tax payers and libretarians. I often also encourage others to do so.
November 5th, 2014 at 1:37 PM ^
While I'm sure that you're just having fun, and that it doesn't end up making a difference, the State of Michigan is served by all three of these public universities, and we should want UM, MSU and Wayne State all to be run in the best possible way to educate of the people in our state.
PS: I also briefly considered it. Not trying to call you out, I just thought about the idea.
November 5th, 2014 at 7:05 AM ^
Based on this link it looks like behm and white are ahead but it's unofficial and pretty close. http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/14GEN/10000000.html
November 5th, 2014 at 7:20 AM ^
Yeah, according to the unofficial results, white is up by a decent amount and Behm is up by 7k out of more than 5m cast
November 5th, 2014 at 8:20 AM ^
Apart from White, there's not a whole lot of separation at all really - Behm is up 7,137 on Weiser and 11,231 on Steele. In other news, one George J. Perles is about 30,000 ahead of anyone regardless of party for an open seat (well, his seat, I believe - I think he first was elected to it in 2006, but I could be wrong) on the MSU Board Of Trustees.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:21 AM ^
George Perles? A meathead like him is a decent match for that particular Sparty post.
November 5th, 2014 at 7:55 AM ^
Anyone put Brian down as a write-in?
November 5th, 2014 at 8:19 AM ^
I put Brian down as a write-in. Normally I do not vote for any college regents as I do not feel it's right of me to place a vote for someone who makes decisions that do not effect me. I've always wondered why those positions are made by the general electorate. I do not have enough information on any of those candidates to make an informed decision and therefore choose not to vote on those particular races.
And while I did not ask permission, I did write in Brian with the mindset that it helps get his name out there even more and he made it clear that he will be running for regent the next go around.
November 5th, 2014 at 8:47 AM ^
It took me a second to realize what it was, but that's hilarious.
November 5th, 2014 at 2:00 PM ^
I certainly understand why you and others might question why the general public votes for these particular leaders. But the alternative is to have them appointed by the governor, and that system has its problems. Elected Regents help to maintain U-M's autonomy from Lansing.
November 5th, 2014 at 2:44 PM ^
They're public universities and they need to be accountable to the general public.
November 5th, 2014 at 7:59 AM ^
When I searched it last it night it said both the republicans were winning. Less important now that Brandon is gone. We can go back to no politics. But Brian has a thing about transparency which is great but isn't really a left right thing.
November 5th, 2014 at 8:29 AM ^
"...they will likely play a role in advising Schlissel on choices for AD."
I certainly hope not. Why would the Regents advise him on choices? Do they have any specific qualifications, or even interest in doing so? It's an executive position reporting to Schlissel, perhaps the Regents will assist with the search process, such as in suggesting people to sit on the committee, but I don't think they'll help him pick his direct report. That would be a vote of no confidence in a guy they just picked to lead the U. I cannot imagine the board of directors of my firm advising our CEO on choices for a new director of my division, that would be inappropriate. Especially if my division represented less than 3% of the firm's revenue.
November 5th, 2014 at 8:42 AM ^
The regents are the ultimate boss of the unversity. The athletic department is a major facet of the university. It's perfectly reasonable.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:59 AM ^
"Ultimate boss"? The Regents do not run the university administration. They are a board of governors/directors. It is different. Of course they could, if they wanted to and could come to agreement on it, but that would be, again, inappropriate, and odd. They simply do not and should not run the university administration unless there is a problem.
November 5th, 2014 at 10:43 AM ^
The regents control the university. They advise the president, who is a non-voting member and presides over their meetings. I'm not sure why you think advising the president about such a prominent role is so odd or inappropriate.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:28 PM ^
The regents approve all contracts and other personnel decisions, including leaves of absence, tenure decisions, etc. do you really think they they get involved in making those decisions?? That's absurd. They review, ask questions and approve, or not. They'll give their opinions, make suggestions, give feedback on process and people, but they're not making the decision. Schlissel is. And it isn't at the top of his short list of pressing concerns right now, and I'm glad he's making that clear. Most of you seem to think that because Michigan football is on TV every weekend, it drives the bus at the U. In reality, it's in line somewhere behind the billion dollars in annual federal research dollars and the multi-billion dollar medical center. The regents are not staying up at night trying to decide whom the president is going to hire as AD, and they're not going to make the decision for him. That's not what they do or are tasked with doing.
November 5th, 2014 at 12:33 PM ^
just as Hackett will need to be formally approved by the Regents.
You may think it's silly, but that's how it works. Given those realities, the guy tasked with making the decision will at least take the temperature of the Regents before he does it.
November 5th, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
Mark Bernstein will provide advice whether it's wanted or not. Just so long as there is a camera on hand. This is in no way a commentary on Mr. Bernstein's politics, only on his family's ambition.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:14 AM ^
Stop drinking. Go to bed. Get a new team to root for. Find another route to drive. Call Sam.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:21 AM ^
Lee Free, or Joumana Kayrouz... It's all so confusing down here in Bolivia.
November 5th, 2014 at 10:33 AM ^
Better call Saul
November 5th, 2014 at 11:29 AM ^
Seriously, when the going gets tough you don't want a criminal lawyer, you want a criminal lawyer.
Double seriously PGB hasn't had a client in a long time, I'd hire him if I was in Bolivia.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:41 AM ^
They played an advisory role in Brandon's ouster, so I would expect they would have something to say--even just at a high level--about who Schlissel considers to replace him. No, I don't think the regents vet candidates for every position that reports to the president. But this is different.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:15 AM ^
I don't live in Michigan. How does Regent voting work?
Does the entire state vote for University of Michigan Regents? Why would most of the state even care? Does that mean you also vote for MSU Regents, if such a thing exists?
What's to keep MSU fans from voting Dantonio as UofM Regent and other fun "tampering" acts?
I'm curious how it works. I've lived in a number of states and I've never heard of anything similar.
November 5th, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
just for the "Catholepistemiad of Michigania."
Also the School of Homeopathy.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:24 AM ^
It's a statewide vote here, so everyone had the potential to vote for the University Of Michigan Regents, The Michigan State UniversityTrustees and I believe even the Wayne State University Board Of Governors (less certain about that last one, but it was definitely on my ballot). Actually, someone above posted the link to the general election results by county, if you're curious about the breakdown.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:28 AM ^
all have statewide votes for 'Governors', 'Trustees', and 'Regents'. Everyone can vote, whether they attended the school or not, or whether they loathe one or more schools.
It's a hell of a way to determine the executive council for a university.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^
I think the idea is that people pay taxes that go to funding these schools, so they should get a say in how the schools operate. Though over the past few years, the state funding towards higher ed has decreased...
The next question to ask is why aren't the Regents at the other state schools voted on? Instead, they are appointed by the Governor. I can tell you as an employee of one of those schools, I would much rather the people vote. Think about Eastern's Regents and their push for increasing spending on things like the football program over academics, given the history of the football program. Would you want those guys pulling weight on decisions at Michigan?
November 5th, 2014 at 9:29 AM ^
So Michigan fans get to vote for Michigan State Trustees two weeks after MSU rubbed Michigan's face in the dirt in East Lansing?
Sounds like a situation that could make for some, um, interesting write-in candidates.
November 5th, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
except that never happens because, like maturity. Most people either vote straight ticket or just select candidates for regent/trustee/governor based on name like they do when electing school board members or judges.
November 5th, 2014 at 9:28 AM ^
The Democrats won all the statewide education races - U-M, MSU, Wayne State regents; and State Board of Education. The Republicans were ahead all night, but when Wayne County came in and the Democrats won. So, no change on the U-M Board of Regents. Still 6-2 Democrat.
November 5th, 2014 at 10:19 AM ^
Here's the latest (as of 9:30am Eastern)
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/11/04/mic…
November 5th, 2014 at 10:28 AM ^
Dems Kathy White and Mike Behm win Board of Regent seats per MLive.
"By 9:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, however, the vote tally told a different story.
White led the pack with 1,352,680 votes. Behm came in second with 1,263,503. Weiser had 1,258,642 votes and Steele 1,254,616."
November 5th, 2014 at 10:51 AM ^
So considering Brian hates politics, what party do you think he would ran as? My guess is libertarian.
November 5th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^
I don't know if he hates politics so much as he recognizes that it can be very divisive and isn't very relevant to this message board.
November 5th, 2014 at 1:31 PM ^
"I am not a registered anything. I don't like politics for the same reason I don't like coachspeak. I would strongly prefer regent elections to be nonpartisan, but they're not. This is life." - Brian Cook
November 5th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
Brian doesn't "hate" politics. He very publically complained about his inability to vote for his preferred (Libertarian) candidate in 2012.
November 5th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
that's the only one i know.
November 5th, 2014 at 12:57 PM ^
This will obviously be a big election in hiring the next AD, but I also suspect that many of the Regents might want to steer clear for the time being, given how badly Brandon was perceived and how politically dangerous a bad selection could be.
November 5th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
I misread the headline. I thought it said "Regents Erection." I thought maybe you had photos of how excited they were about DB's resignation.
November 7th, 2014 at 12:35 PM ^
"Eventually, White and Behm emerged victorious, with White as the leading vote getter (1,352,347 votes) and Behm just behind at 1,263,196 votes. In an election that tallied nearly 5.5 million votes, Behm squeaked past Weiser by a margin of just 4,835 votes." from MLIVE
4,835 votes! I honestly wonder if MGOBLOG and Brian's endorsement was the push that was needed to those roughtly 5k votes.