I can see it clearly.
“Candidate Tessman, if awarded the Presidency, would you require us to stop playing Mony, Mony, chanting about eating shit, hating Bobby and using the term Gris?”
“Candidate Tessman, will your have your own locker in the women’s basketball locker room and dance in postgame locker room victory celebrations?”
“Candidate Tessman, is there any truth to what many msu fans and alum believe, that you were hand picked by Clay Christians to lead msu, so he could oversee a meltdown in Bozeman which allows UM to regain the enrollment status it had prior to the Engstrom debacle?”
“Candidate Tessman, do you have a reliable source of brooms for sweeping issues under rugs, or will outgoing President Crudzado be leaving her stockpile with you?”
What they really should be asking (if they weren’t so fixated on his ties to UM) is:
“Candidate Tessman, looking at your CV, you appear to be steadfast in your pursuit of better jobs and lofty titles in the world of academia. Can you provide us with any reassurances that you won’t be looking for your next “better job” the moment you move into the Presidents office?”
Tessman once sent an email to the DHC mailing list that he had the best job on campus and was going to lead the DHC to new heights, then resigned shortly thereafter to work for Clay Christian and the MUS. Looks like the ink on his Presidents contract at NMU is less than 2 years old.