'Buckle up': Groveling to MAGA Ended in Humiliation for One Scientist in Florida

'Buckle up': Groveling to MAGA ended in humiliation for one scientist in Florida

A few days ago, the University of Florida was all ready to welcome a brand-new president. They’d gotten rid of the useless (yet expensive) Ben Sasse and chosen a single finalist, a scientist called Santa Ono, former head of the University of Michigan.The trustees liked him; Ron DeSantis liked him, especially since Ono, who was once all-in on diversity at UM, recently pulled a 180, loudly recanting his climate change-admitting, student protest-al…

Truckling to MAGA ended in humiliation for Santa Ono • Florida Phoenix

Century Tower on the Gainesville campus of the University of Florida. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)A few days ago, the University of Florida was all ready to welcome a brand-new president. They’d gotten rid of the useless (yet expensive) Ben Sasse and chosen a single finalist, a scientist called Santa Ono, former head of the University of Michigan. The trustees liked him; Ron DeSantis liked him, especially since Ono, who was once al…

University of Florida Rejected Santa Ono—But Will It Reject the Culture That Made Him?

The former Michigan president personified a system dominated by interchangeable leaders, an obsession with metrics, and ideological conformity.