Texas Governor Skirts Process in Selecting Tea-Party Activist as Student Regent

Texas Governor Skirts Process in Selecting Tea-Party Activist as Student Regent: "

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas bypassed the usual process for selecting student regents when he appointed a tea-party activist who had not applied through the student government at Texas A&M University, The Bryan-College Station Eagle is reporting. The newspaper quoted lawyers who said that, in doing so, the Republican governor might have violated a state law that spells out how the nonvoting student regents are supposed to be picked. The student, Fernando Trevino Jr., was appointed after applying directly to Mr. Perry’s office. The newspaper said candidates typically apply to the university’s student government, which forwards five names to the chancellor, who then sends two or more names to the governor for the final selection. Mr. Perry’s office has denied wrongdoing.

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