3/25/2011: “It’s shared governance, Professor. If you can keep it.” Time for committee and Senate nominations. Effectively this means you nominate yourself on this form no later than Tu, April 5. Some are appointed, some elected. Here’s an explanation of the assignments. Some of these committees are sort of fun,…
Posts published by “uomatters”
3/24/2011: From Ryan Cummings at KMTR. Once we pay to train them and they become sworn officers, they can retire 5 years early with full PERS. And then get another job. Why aren’t we pushing for more mental health counselors instead? Ask the legislation’s sponsor, Floyd Prozanski, or UO’s VP…
3/23/2011: Here are some of UO’s more expensive consulting contracts. This is old data from the 09-10 FY. More on the way.
3/23/2011: When he retired, Frohnmayer negotiated with OUS Chancellor Pernsteiner for a full-time UO paid sabbatical. Then he used the time to restart his legal career – courtesy of UO students’ tuition dollars. He’s still on the UO payroll for $100,000 a year as “President Emeritus” and we pay for…
3/21/2011: The ever helpful bojack.org posts the Oregon statutes on determining voting residence: (3) An elections official may consider, but is not limited to considering, the following factors in determining residency of a person for voter registration purposes: (a) Where the person receives personal mail; (b) Where the person is…
3/19/2011: My grades are in, and I just graduated two Saudi students, with C’s. One from a town near Yemen, another from near Bahrain. I asked them about the uprisings – what were they going to do when they got back to Saudi Arabia? “It is a Kingdom. We have…
3/19/2011: Update: Dave’s got yet another job, this one involving a public records scandal. He’s experienced, that’s for sure. From Ted Taylor at KTVZ in Bend: To advise them on the grand jury investigation, the county has hired two attorneys, including former University of Oregon president and former state attorney…
3/18/2011: From Bill Graves in the Oregonian: A group of University of Oregon students today plan to enter a restricted area in the opulent academic center built for athletes by Nike founder Phil Knight and call for opening the building to all students. Students say the top two floors of…
3/17/2011: From the popular Portland blog, Bojack.org. One of his readers passed on an email, ostensibly from Gerry Williams, the chair of the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission, which ended with this: An initiative passed several years ago mandates all schools be upgraded in Oregon by 2032, a two…
3/16/2011: If these people are going to be carrying guns on campus, their qualifications should be in plain view. So 6 weeks ago I asked for the cover letters and resumes for UO’s current Public Safety Director and his two predecessors. Denied. It took more than a month, and a…
3/14/2011: Greg Bolt covers the athlete only parking lot story for the RG. Not bad. Someday our local paper of record may even get around to asking Provost Jim Bean why he is still insisting regular UO students must pay for the athlete only tutoring in the Jock Box. $2…
3/14/2011: I’ve been trying to figure out Chancellor Pernsteiner’s OUS contract. Is it possible the $23,320 for “Professional expenses” is for tuition payments, so he can finally get that PhD? Seems a bit high for the University of Phoenix, but I haven’t heard a better explanation. So I made a…
3/14/2011: From the Chronicle, “Flagships just want to be left alone”: … “In all cases, the issue is about money, power, and control,” Mr. Lombardi wrote in an e-mail. “It’s no surprise,” he added, “that the main campuses of many systems now look to leave their systems in the hopes…
3/11/2011: The first thing the student newspaper wants to know about Doug Tripp and Ed Rinne’s $50,499 proposal for a bomb-sniffing dog is if it will know how to sniff out drugs too: “There are no thoughts, ideas or plans on ever obtaining a drug dog; but having an Explosives…
Oregon Commentator
3/24/2011: The latest OC issue is out, here. Some excellent articles on UO expansion plans (lots), competitive bids for the ORI lease (bids? what bids?) the New Partnership (transparency first). President Lariviere seems to have forgiven the OC for their sophomoric and embarrassing “Big Balls” issue: He’s agreed to meet…