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But why would the university want a guy like that as their rector? It tarnishes the name of the school.

chucksmash 2y ago
> Corchado won the elections on May 7, after taking advantage of the strange surprise resignation of the previous rector, and presenting himself as the only candidate. He received the support of 6.5% of the 33,000 university members who were called to vote, with half of the faculty voting blank as a sign of protest. Ran unopposed, elected on 6.5% of the vote.
- rightbyte 2y ago
  Oh dear. They really need to change the rules such that losing against blank would postpone the appointment, or something.
- Almondsetat 2y ago
  How to blank votes count as protest in an election where there isn't a threshold? Protesting would mean getting some random guy to also run and make him win
  - matthewdgreen 2y ago
    It’s academia. People join the academy so they can do research and teaching and absolutely nobody wants to do this crap administrative work. So often you get situations where bad people volunteer for a job that is “prestigious” but also involves shoveling manure, and you can’t convince other people to do the job instead.
- brabel 2y ago
  A Rector like this makes some serious money. Shouldn't other staff members be jumping at the chance?? There should be lots of candidates, no?
  - Der_Einzige 2y ago
    Wait until you see how many districts for even important positions like state representative have candidates who run unopposed. You too could become a state representative if you moved to bum fuck nowhere and learned how to talk to boomers.
  - PeterisP 2y ago
    Nah, that's often how it works - sure, becoming a rector would mean a pay increase, but it would require you to become an administrator and stop doing what you love, most likely permanently (as the gap of being away from your field of research for multiple years makes it hard to become productive again - returning to active science is definitely possible, but rarely happens), switching your career for an entirely different one as far as day-to-day tasks go. And if you're already somewhat comfortable as a professor, why would you do that to yourself? I've literally seen faculty 'drawing straws' as of who'll agree to be the sole candidate for a particular elected administrative position, because it's clear that one of them has to do it for the university to function, but no one wanted to.
- ambicapter 2y ago
  > voting blank as a sign of protest. This move will never cease to annoy the fuck out of me. Unless the election is somehow invalidated or recalled by the number of blank votes, it is completely counter-productive.
  - lambdaxyzw 2y ago
    Would it be better if he got 100% of votes for him? He was the only candidate, nothing most people working there could go.

> Corchado won the elections on May 7, after taking advantage of the strange surprise resignation of the previous rector, and presenting himself as the only candidate. He received the support of 6.5% of the 33,000 university members who were called to vote, with half of the faculty voting blank as a sign of protest. Ran unopposed, elected on 6.5% of the vote.

rightbyte 2y ago
Oh dear. They really need to change the rules such that losing against blank would postpone the appointment, or something.
Almondsetat 2y ago
How to blank votes count as protest in an election where there isn't a threshold? Protesting would mean getting some random guy to also run and make him win
- matthewdgreen 2y ago
  It’s academia. People join the academy so they can do research and teaching and absolutely nobody wants to do this crap administrative work. So often you get situations where bad people volunteer for a job that is “prestigious” but also involves shoveling manure, and you can’t convince other people to do the job instead.
brabel 2y ago
A Rector like this makes some serious money. Shouldn't other staff members be jumping at the chance?? There should be lots of candidates, no?
- Der_Einzige 2y ago
  Wait until you see how many districts for even important positions like state representative have candidates who run unopposed. You too could become a state representative if you moved to bum fuck nowhere and learned how to talk to boomers.
- PeterisP 2y ago
  Nah, that's often how it works - sure, becoming a rector would mean a pay increase, but it would require you to become an administrator and stop doing what you love, most likely permanently (as the gap of being away from your field of research for multiple years makes it hard to become productive again - returning to active science is definitely possible, but rarely happens), switching your career for an entirely different one as far as day-to-day tasks go. And if you're already somewhat comfortable as a professor, why would you do that to yourself? I've literally seen faculty 'drawing straws' as of who'll agree to be the sole candidate for a particular elected administrative position, because it's clear that one of them has to do it for the university to function, but no one wanted to.
ambicapter 2y ago
> voting blank as a sign of protest. This move will never cease to annoy the fuck out of me. Unless the election is somehow invalidated or recalled by the number of blank votes, it is completely counter-productive.
- lambdaxyzw 2y ago
  Would it be better if he got 100% of votes for him? He was the only candidate, nothing most people working there could go.