8/21/2013: It’s long past time for Gottfredson to bring in an adult. Maybe too late, given the hole Rudnick has dug him. But Interim Provost Scott Coltrane is willing to try. Remember that, as CAS Dean, Coltrane supported the Lariviere raises, and CAS set aside money to fund parts 2…
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8/20/2013: I know, it’s an outrageous idea. Tuition is a sacred trust, paid by UO students and their parents in the belief that it will help out the poor athletic department, and allow Johnson Hall to hire a few more associate VPs. And of course give former interim Provost Jim…
8/20/2013: This man gets a t-shirt! Fortunately it looks like Kitzhaber responded to Knight by appointing a pretty reasonable UO Board. From today’s Op-Ed in the Oregonian: … When we deal with public funds, we debate trade-offs and opportunity costs. But we tend to ignore these issues when we deal with private…
8/19/2013: Gov Kitzhaber’s press release here. President Gottfredson’s “Dear Colleagues” email here. Info from the UO nomination page (in italics) or other sources. Editorial comments at the bottom. See Betsy Hammond in the Oregonian for info on the HECC, PSU, and OSU boards. In the ODE, Craig Garcia has better…
8/19/2013: Hannah Hoffman has the story in the SJ.
8/19/2013 update: “Around the O” reports UO raised $200M this FY in donations. It’s difficult to tell from the press release, and as explained below UO Foundation CEO Paul Weinhold has refused to release breakdowns, but it appears that about 57% of the donations to the Foundation went to the jocks.…
8/19/2013: In an Op-Ed in the RG: The debates surrounding the opening of the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex are not much different than the ones that have been waged since the University of Oregon Athletic Department decided to ramp up operations after the unexpected trip to the Rose Bowl in 1995. The…
8/18/2013: U of Nike shoes now available from Nike. Click here to order yours before the lawyers find out! 8/9/2013: U of Nike T-shirts now available! Click here to order from CafePress. $4 from each shirt goes to help UO Matters pay UO’s exorbitant public records fees, and maybe buy me a…
8/20/2013: Part two of Duin’s series here: “I didn’t understand,” Riddell admits, “how Mark Long could afford to have Bill Gary and Dave Frohnmayer come speak to the AG about an ongoing investigation. “Kroger wouldn’t meet with them. He and Frohnmayer hated each other. John thought it best they meet…
8/16/2013 update: The good governor’s nominations are due Monday. Jonathan Cooper has the story for the AP, in the RG. The official version is that they decided to withdraw their names from Gottfredson’s bizarre 50 person list of nominees. We are supposed to believe that President Gottfredson neglected to get their permission…
8/16/2013: That’s the usual explanation for liking people on your LinkedIn profile:
8/15/2013: That would be the president of NYU. NY Times reporter Ariel Kaminer dismisses prior claims by the chairman of their Board of Trustees Martin Lipton that this had nothing to do with faculty discontent, and gets to the heart of the matter, namely the effect on NYU’s bond rating: New…
8/19/2013 update: But as a helpful commentator points out, it’s not so easy to hide things these days: http://web.archive.org/web/20130117022444/http://admissions.uoregon.edu/news/storming-the-fiesta-bowl8/15/2013 update: Admissions has now hidden the Fiesta Bowl junket photos: But you can still watch Roger Thompson brag about how UO brought the entire UO administration on the all-expense paid trip, here…
8/15/2013: ODE reporter CJ Ciamarella cut his teeth on Duck athletics scandals, now he’s working in DC, reporting on the EPA.
8/5/2013 update: Word around the faculty club poker table is that Gottfredson has doubled down on his Espy bet. Should I call or raise?7/12/2013 update: Sorry, very sorry. Alabama has just announced the search failed, and they’re keeping their interim Provost on for another 18-24 months instead. Maybe Nebraska will take…