... Or Huckleberries Online reasons why interim prez Priscilla Bell prevailed to become NIC's next Top Cardinal:

1. Dominant Republicans can't tell whether or not she's a closet Democrat.
2. Finalist Leah Bornstein pulled out of the running
3. She can schmooze with community movers and shakers
4. NIC will become the only college in the country with a female president whose middle name is Jeffrey
5. Finalist Ronald Kraft didn't want the job
6. NIC faculty can't tell whether or not she's a closet Republican
7. Despite being born to a well-to-do family, she washed elephants and milked cows for Six Flags Over Texas to earn college spending money
8. She has endeared herself to towns people by asking them to call her Priscilla rather than Dr. Bell.
9. She hasn't ticked off local businessmen more than they already are at the college
10. Kent Propst didn't want the job. Nor did Jessica Bryan, Linda Cook, or the Cardinal mascot.
11. She looks so much like Mayor Sandi Bloem that oldtimers thinks she's one of Crimp family
12. Other

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