That would be UO student diversity of thought. Emerald reporter Mateo Sundberg has the report on yesterday’s debate in a packed PLC 180 classroom between the student Republicans and Democrats. Before clicking on the link for the story here, please humor me and enter your guess in the comments as…
Posts published in May 2018
UO will permanently close 15th, build plaza for Slusher’s Schlong. The RG has the story here, With the usual PR flack BS: Closing East 15th Avenue would result in the loss of 115 parking spaces used by students, employees and visitors, said UO spokeswoman Molly Blancett. “Based on our most…
Opinion piece here, backed up with many examples.
That would be President Max Nikias at USC. Jack Stripling in The Chronicle, last week: Nikias Is Standing Firm as Scandals Mount at USC. But This Is What the End of a Presidency Looks Like. The LATimes has an op-ed here, from a USC professor: As Max Nikias pushed USC…
1944, somewhere in France 1965, anti-war march in Washington http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/WHH/
Update: If anyone knows what’s really going on, please post a comment. Around the O has the official trust-destroying non-explanation from strategic communicator Tobin Klinger here. It’s all part of “Ensuring the University of Oregon has an inclusive and welcoming campus”: The University of Oregon is forming a new Office of Civil…
The RG has the story here. More in the EW here, explaining that the city forester wants to ensure the replacements are more diverse than the current east-coast elite elm monoculture. No confirmation yet to rumors that the Faculty Advisory Committee will vote to name the new phallus “Slusher’s Schlong”,…
Update: Teaching evaluation and improvement motion passes. Hannah Kanik has a report in the Emerald here. Senate website here. Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake Rooms) 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. Call to Order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Chris Sinclair [Today will be Chris’s last Senate meeting as…
Director of Creativity for Women’s Basketball Location: Eugene, OR Closing Date: Seeking a Director of Creativity for the Oregon Women’s Basketball program.
When was the last time UO made in into the national higher ed press for something other than a sports scandal, a b.s. branding campaign, or because their general counsel wanted to look at a faculty member’s emails with reporters? The UO Senate votes on the reform proposal this Wednesday.…
Strategic Communication’s infrequently visited Around the O website has the announcement here: Provost Jayanth Banavar will host a spring term town hall from 11 a.m. to noon in Gerlinger Lounge on May 22. The event is the latest in a new series of such events, designed to create dialogue around…
Reporters Michael Tobin and Francisca “Frankie” Benitez in the Emerald here. The paragraph from the original, unsigned statement: As devastating as this sudden passing is, it is important to point out that this tragedy is connected to an unauthorized tradition among many college students. Students from many institutions have a…
In the RG here: …She feels “inspired” by the group of students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., who have taken a lead role in the national discussion on school shootings and gun violence, and she hopes their efforts may help them deal with the aftereffects of…
UO Trustee Connie Ballmer in the NYT, on why she donated $20M to encourage students to go to college
From a David Leonhardt piece here: “You hear people say, ‘Well, a four-year degree isn’t needed,’ ” Connie Ballmer, the philanthropist and wife of the former Microsoft C.E.O. Steve Ballmer, recently told me. “But then if you turn to them and say, ‘What do you want for your child?’ they wouldn’t dream…
With only 9 minutes in on this 24 hour altruism challenge, your $19M contribution to really old music could make the difference! Or if you’re not into the books v. music war, you could go here, click the “I want to view additional options” and donate to SAIL, which will spend your…