Edward Snowden bids to become Glasgow University rector

[struggle4progress]

21 January 2014
Last updated at 11:40 ET
... The nomination .. was arranged by a group of students through his lawyer ... Glasgow University said all the nominees had personally agreed to take part in the election ... The rector is the elected representative of the students and serves for a period of three years. Among the post-holder's key duties are to attend the university court, which administers resources, work with the students' representative council, and to bring student concerns to the attention of university management ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25830364

[TwilightGardener]

1. Russia not working out? Did Snowden actually ever attend a university?

[1000words]

3. It is extended as an honor

To those of exceptional character and importance.

[TwilightGardener]

4. LOL.

[Whisp]

6. so then they made a huge mistake.

meh. That happens sometime.

[struggle4progress]

8. With very few exceptions, students have elected rectors capable of representing the students

[Egnever]

2. LOL

[MADem]

5. Well, that's one way to ensure that they don't have any representation.

They'd be better off picking one of the three who has the ability to show up, and who knows the school, rather than someone who agrees to stand for the position in a bid to keep his name in the headlines.

It would also help the students, I should think, to have someone who graduated high school and completed college, too.

[Rex]

7. Well if Dick Cheney can become VP and Karl Rove can swing the outcome

of two elections...I guess higher education is not such a big deal.

Sounds like they want him to build up a residency there to establish himself.

Hey, if Glenn Beck can do it and Liberty University can do it...well you get the idea.