With the UO Trustees on the lookout for a new president, a reminder of the snake-oil salesmen that will likely be applying for the job seems in order. The NYT has a hagiographic piece by Kevin Carey on former president Stephen Trachtenberg and the rise of George Washington University, here:…
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Jane Cramer and John Davidson have an Op-Ed in the RG, here: The resolution calls on the UO Foundation to: Sell its current investments in fossil fuel extraction companies. Refrain from any future investment in fossil fuel extraction companies. Create a process for groups to put policy proposals to the…
2/13/2015 update: Phil Knight gave Kitz a $250K campaign contribution last year, so he’s still got a bit of a debt to work off, and as UO President he’d have plenty of chances. Seems crazy, but remember UO was the state’s consolation prize to Frohnmayer, after his run for governor…
The RG has a story on today’s higher education lobby day at the state capital, here: Meanwhile, the UO boosters who collected $450K in big donations for a PAC to persuade Kitzhaber and the Legislature to give UO an independent board managed to get their way without spending a…
Here: Which means she is subject to the public records and meeting law. And if Ms Hayes is a public body, then certainly UO Board of Trustees Chair Chuck Lillis is. In the past UO has used an earlier DOJ opinion claiming that an individual cannot be a “public body”…
Links to legal and consulting expenditures and the Hershner Hunter contract below – but not Amanda Walkup’s charge for investigating LibraryGate, which Doug Park apparently didn’t put in writing. Dave Hubin’s public records office is the black hole of transparency and trust. They sat on this 5 minute request for…
Update: Scott Greenstone has a brief report in the ODE, here, with a subhead that pretty much captures how little JH has done on sexual violence prevention: Coltrane promises the UO is deciding how to fight sexual assault President Coltrane, do we have your firm commitment on your promise to…
Update: Dahlia Bazzaz reports in the Emerald that UO may not have violated FERPA – just the laws of decency and common sense – by snooping around in this student’s counseling records, looking for information they could use against her in a lawsuit.
A lawsuit which she brought after having been (allegedly) gang raped by three members of UO’s basketball team, including one whom Coach Dana Altman had brought to campus despite (allegedly) knowing that he had a history of sexual assault.
Update: The Huffington Post has more, including the letter, which calls out the UO General Counsel’s office for special attention:
6/23/2015 update: Oregon Law says: PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES WITH A GOVERNING BOARD 352.025 Legislative findings. (1) The Legislative Assembly finds that the State of Oregon will benefit from having public universities with governing boards that: (a) Provide transparency, public accountability and support for the university. (b) Are close to and…
It was an ALA ethics violation for Dean Adriene Lim to tell GC Doug Park I’d checked out a copy of the UO Presidential Archives. But Park’s in full witch-hunt mode – he must have leaned on her pretty hard. But now Lim has let it slip that Bill Walton,…
I sleep better at night knowing we’ve got nuclear submarines with nuclear missiles, manned by men with a personal stake in freedom:
2/9/2015 reminder: Two of the Parker principals, Laurie C. Wilder, President, and Porsha L. Williams, Vice President, will be on campus Wednesday to answer questions about the Presidential Search:
9-10 in the Law School’s 4th floor Lewis Lounge room, then 3-4 at the Senate meeting.
Lewis Lounge holds about 40, so if you get there early please save me a seat.
This search has been in trouble since the day Chuck Lillis and Angela Wilhelms snuck a motion by the board giving Lillis sole authority to pick one finalist. We’ll see if Parker can explain the plan to save it.
2/6/2014: The New York Times has a story on a problematic previous search by this firm, for Rutgers, here.
With the lawsuit over the alleged basketball rapes picking up steam, Johnson Hall is in a dicey situation regarding allegations they’ve been mishandling sexual assaults. Changes in procedures might imply that there was something wrong with the old procedures and increase liability. Sure enough, it seems like not much is changing. From Scott Greenstone and…
“The materials for this portion of the agenda are not yet complete”. The meeting is Monday at 3PM, Room 402 in the Alumni Center. BOT Secretary Angela Wilhelms has done her best to evade the intent of public meetings law a few times before, this is getting pretty shameless. Coltrane…
2/7/2014 update: It turns out the ASUO committee tie-breaker vote reported below was disallowed. They are going to meet again Tuesday 8AM (in the Rogue River room, I think) to try again. Presumably AAD Eric Roedl will be there, hat in hand. If the committee can’t come to an agreement,…