That's a very big deal and effectively makes UNR Prof. Rosenberg the most powerful man in the state. On the face of it, Mr. Rosenberg would become just one of 11 university regents upon taking office next January. Granted, it may be a bit of a stretch to ask the public to swallow that two certifiably crazy people have been elected to serve simultaneously on the prestigious board of 11, but everybody thinks you've got to be nuts to hold public office anyway.
Nutcases seem to abound in academia.
Judging by recent events, whatever the university administration has been paying for legal and PR advice is insanely too high. By filing actions against Rosenberg before he ever takes office, they've made his story bigger than the governor's prostate surgery. And much more complicated. UNR president Joe Crowley, system chancellor Richard Jarvis and learned counsel Don Klasic have elevated the Rosenberg affair to national prominence for no apparent gfilings, first to the state ethics commission, then with the attorney general, Ali Baba and the 40 stooges seem merely concerned that Nevada law does not allow a professor to sit on the board of regents and still get paid for teaching. Eardley, former president of Truckee Meadows Community College, receives retirement income based upon his long tenure with the university system.