Sounds like our new President is Santa
All signs are pointing to current President of The University of British Columbia Santa Ono will be named the next President of the University of Michigan at tomorrow’s Board of Regents meeting. Here’s a bio:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_J._Ono
Smart dude who has been on faculty at Emory, Johns Hopkins and Harvard He was also the former President of the University of Cincinnati.
Further, apparently Mr. Ono is a big sports guy. He presided over the University of Cincinnati’s climb in sports profile. He often tweeted about UC sporting events and sat in the student section at football and basketball games. Here’s a public article from On3 about his effects on sports at UC.
https://www.on3.com/teams/michigan-wolverines/news/new-michigan-preside…
Welcome to Michigan Mr. Ono. At least he doesn’t have a hard act to follow.
Check sarcasm meter. Smells like humor to me
My Aunt gave birth to two children who are half Canadian, which makes me like 1/25th Canadian. I am severely offended by this remark.
most of Canada is just 'Northern UP' anyway.....
The Tragically Hip being blasted out of the President’s residence, introducing a new generation of students to the band.
... and to the story of Bill Barilko.
When it comes to the The Tragically Hip, some of us might be Ahead By A Century.
I expect these to be on sale at MDen forthwith.
Some recruits gonna get NIL in their stockings next year!
apparently Mr. Ono is a big sports guy
Cool.
Perhaps he'll pull Michigan out of the stone age and more into NIL.
Balas yesterday said this guy was a "home run hire" for NIL, whatever that means.
I assume it to mean that if the AD and Harbaugh wanna start keeping up with the Jone$e$, they won't have resistance from leadership.
And if that's true, hoo boy!
He sure likes his bowties.
Why not? Bow ties are cool.
They weren’t so cool when Gordon Gee was walking around in one all the time.
Fine with me so long as he doesn’t send inappropriate emails to bow ties that work for him
I don't get this vibe with Santa, but with some academics the bow tie says "I'm above the concerns of basic corporate slobs and people beneath me on the university org chart. *#$@ all y'all." In those cases it's often paired with a beard.
Hopefully he brings a big fuckin bag.
I’m unfamiliar with fucking bags of all sizes. Is this, like, a “magnum”?
At least you did not say sack. Down here in KS they use the word sack at lot, like your balls sack?
Also here in KS they use Corn-Hole for the game Bean Toss (or Beans).
Something off being from Chicago and hearing Corn-Hole.
He is accomplished. But he is also quite the self-promoter.
Read the room, bro.
Sounds like a solid academics/athletics guy and a more personable guy than Mark.
I had pollups on my gall bladder that had more personality than Schlissel...
Unless your pollups where hammering your sphincter Schilssel had one up on you.
Santa sounds like a cool name. I hope he is a big college football fan? Dear Santa, will you open up the NIL cannon for recruits. We need more 4 and 5 star players.
I saw the title and cringed thinking politics - LOL! Politics suck! Thanks for the warm welcome for President Ono. The sports programs need some support from the top.
My 3x grandmother was named Santa.
Santa Del Signore.
I'll take it, but I was pulling for Krampus to get the job.
Billy Bob Thornton?
He was extremely well-liked at UC by students, alumn, and community members. Great person to lead Michigan!
If he is a boost to NIL and athletics, in addition to academics, we should have a Santa clause in all future presidents' contracts. A gift that keeps on giving.
(If someone could do a better version of that joke it would be appreciated.)
Can we agree that maybe the regents are making strides into the future, rather than being stuck in the mold of the past?
Linking this a lot. How soon can he start?
Liking linking?
Santa Ono is a great choice. He was President at University of Cincinnati when I got my last degree. He was very engaged with student activities, not just sports, but he was visible at clubs and other student groups. He's was very active with promoting the school on social media. At graduation he kept getting on the mic and telling everyone to use the hashtag they set up to blast twitter with pics from the graduation to "show the world how proud we are of the graduates."
He was successful in changing the culture of UC to a fun and solid educational institution. This is a great choice and I hope he stays around for a long time. I was sad to see him go when he left UC.
From knowing Cincinnati alums, this is going to be a great hire for the current students. He is the polar opposite of the disconnected university president who sits in the ivory tower and collects fundraising checks.
Santa probably will be showing up at many of the football and basketball games. I'm not sure if the last president attend any games. Mary Sue would show up to a lot of the Michigan football games.
Coolstorybro alert: I once played in a pickup basketball game with him at the UC arena, along with Corie Blount and one other former player.
Ono was a tryhard but his handle was suspect.
Did Santa finish an -oop from Nick Van Exel??
He's gonna find out whose been naughty or nice. Don't even try to put any mistletoe above his young subordinate's desk.
He already knows that you have always been naughty.
This seems like the perfect guy for the job! GO BLUE!
Is the Santa meme the new overused "shark fucker" meme?
No, it has to be a Michigan Man. /S
Sounds like a great hire.