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UF Board of Trustees prepares to vote on Ben Sasse appointment tomorrow
Campus Reform ^ | October 31, 2022 1:08 PM | Thomas Stevenson

Posted on 10/31/2022 5:28:30 PM PDT by conservative98

University of Florida (UF) Board of Trustees will meet with prospective university president Ben Sasse tomorrow.

The trustees are expected to vote on Sasse’s candidacy following the 10:00 AM interview.

If approved, Sasse, who currently serves in the United States Senate (NE-R), would become the 13th president of the Gainesville school.

Sasse’s potential appointment struck a nerve on campus as left-wing students opposed his candidacy. After students protested outside of his Q&A forum earlier this month, UF announced it would enforce a ban on indoor protests.

Students, however, are still intent on making their grievances known.

UF’s Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter will hold a protest outside of Emerson Alumni Hall, where the meeting will take place, from 9:30-11:00 AM on Tuesday. Protesters are encouraged to wear UF apparel to oppose the meeting.

The protest is titled “Spook Sasse Out Of Our Swamp.”

“Gators, we MUST show up in force to show Ben Sasse that his corrupt selection as the sole finalist to be our next president, and his bigoted, homophobic, sexist, anti-intellectual views will not be tolerated at UF!,” YDSA wrote on Instagram.

On Oct. 27, the chapter took their demands to student body president Lauren Lemasters, who sits on the Board of Trustees, on Oct. 27, and alleged she has been “condemned by the Student Body and by the Student Senate for her role in the naming of Ben Sasse as the sole finalist for UF’s president.”

“The UF community agrees that we need Sasse nowhere near us,” the group wrote. “Let’s make sure Lemasters is doing her job- representing US!”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; bensasse; election2022; election2024; florida; floridaman; laurenlemasters; nebraska; uf; uofflorida

1 posted on 10/31/2022 5:28:30 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

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5h
Crazy that he would get this job, but would love him out of the U.S. Senate—a really bad Senator from a really great State!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109264310751036449


2 posted on 10/31/2022 5:29:12 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Please approve him and get him the hell out of the Senate.


3 posted on 10/31/2022 5:36:38 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: conservative98

“UF” and “Ben Sasse” in this headline.

Aren’t the letters reversed somewhere?


4 posted on 10/31/2022 5:38:33 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: conservative98

Lol...love El Trumpo.


5 posted on 10/31/2022 5:51:39 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: conservative98

Why would UF want this RINO?
The State Houses Controlled by the GOP should cut UF Budget.
Cut the Money. Cut Sasse.


6 posted on 10/31/2022 5:56:03 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: conservative98

Just to get Ben settled, I hope he is approved for that spot.
However, most colleges seem inclined to take the student’s side of every “Cancel” demand. Maybe this time it will be a different story.

Paul Ryan, look at Ben Sasse. Isnt’ that something?
Wouldn’t you also like to be president of a whole college?
Don’t be afraid to apply. Mitch would support you.


7 posted on 10/31/2022 6:03:09 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

I wonder what kind of pull DeSantis has?


8 posted on 10/31/2022 6:05:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
[snip] UF’s Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter will hold a protest outside of Emerson Alumni Hall... titled “Spook Sasse Out Of Our Swamp.” “Gators, we MUST show up in force to show Ben Sasse that his corrupt selection as the sole finalist to be our next president, and his bigoted, homophobic, sexist, anti-intellectual views will not be tolerated at UF!,” YDSA wrote on Instagram. On Oct. 27, the chapter took their demands to student body president Lauren Lemasters, who sits on the Board of Trustees, on Oct. 27, and alleged she has been “condemned by the Student Body and by the Student Senate for her role in the naming of Ben Sasse as the sole finalist for UF’s president.” [/snip]
Just a reminder to NeverTrumper and turncoat Ben Sasse -- you haven't done enough for the left, because no one (including the left) can ever do enough for the left.

9 posted on 10/31/2022 6:06:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dfwgator

I would suspect DeSantis’ influence at colleges is not huge, especially not with the more radically progressive schools.
They seem to exist as a Disneyland; a small fiefdom or souvereign government unto themselves.

Consider the case of Oberlin College in Ohio vs Gibson Bakery. There are quite a few conservatives in Central Ohio, yet Oberlin remains stubbornly radical.


10 posted on 10/31/2022 6:10:39 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: JonPreston

Yes. Please accept him. In January, kick him out. But dear God don’t let him stay in the senate for not accepting him.


11 posted on 10/31/2022 6:23:41 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: conservative98

You can count me as one Nebraskan the hopes he gets hired.


12 posted on 10/31/2022 7:01:11 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: conservative98

Florida has a population of 22 million people and UF needs to hire this turkey from Nebraska?


13 posted on 10/31/2022 7:04:50 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: conservative98

Young Democratic Socialists of America, all we need to know about the infection of higher ed and the need to purge. Unruly children being supported and coddled by their parents who love socialism


14 posted on 11/01/2022 2:44:04 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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