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It is the most challenging time in the history of Michigan State University.

As MSU becomes the focus of a cascade¹ of allegations regarding sexual abuse on campus, including accusations² against members of the football and basketball teams, the school is also on a high-speed search for an interim³ president following the resignation of Lou Anna K. Simon.

Chad Livengood, a reporter with Crain's Detroit Business, has been looking at the possible candidates for interim president. He recently wrote a piece titled "Amid tearful apologies, MSU sets leadership succession plan in motion."

Universities like to be deliberate when hiring someone for this role. Typically, they hire a firm and "weed through a long list of potential people."

He said that process can take up to nine months to just contemplate⁴ potential candidates. MSU doesn't have that luxury.

"They've got to do this in a matter of weeks, really, because the president left," he said. "The athletic⁵ director retired⁶ – but he really resigned, basically. You had the dean of the school that Larry Nassar worked under – he stepped down. There's pressure … one of the trustees is calling for the general counsel of the university to resign as well.

"I mean, there's just going to be a leadership upheaval⁷ in this university right now. And they're going to need a steady hand pretty quickly to both, you know, get the day-to-day "

Livengood said some possible candidates for interim president of MSU are as follows:

Former governor Jim Blanchard

Former governor John Engler

Mark Murray, Meijer Inc. vice⁸ chairman

Kathy Wilbur, Central Michigan University's vice president for development and external affairs and former MSU trustee

Listen to the full conversation above to hear Livengood explain who these people are, and what they'd bring to MSU.

1 cascade   

n.小瀑布，喷流；层叠；vi.成瀑布落下

参考例句：

• She watched the magnificent waterfall cascade down the mountainside.她看着壮观的瀑布从山坡上倾泻而下。
• Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls.她的卷发像瀑布一样垂在肩上。

2 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 contemplate   

vt.盘算，计议；周密考虑；注视，凝视

参考例句：

• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。
• The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.后果不堪设想。

5 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

6 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

7 upheaval   

n.胀起，(地壳)的隆起；剧变，动乱

参考例句：

• It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War Ⅱ.它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱。
• The country has been thrown into an upheaval.这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。