Florida State University ready to pick president

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State University is set to pick a new president on Tuesday, despite criticism from some students and faculty that the search has been designed the entire time to steer the job to powerful state Sen. John Thrasher.

Thrasher is the chairman of Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election committee and was among the list of four finalists chosen on Monday to interview with FSU’s board. The other three candidates already hold jobs in higher education in Alabama, West Virginia and Colorado. Thrasher is an attorney who has also been a speaker of the Florida House and a lobbyist.