to take public comments, this Thursday:
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Steve Duin has the details. 9/10/2012.
Brian Smith is departing F&A for a big promotion at the UCSD medical school. Another AVP, Laura Hubbard, left last fall to be VP at SUNY Buffalo after she didn’t get the UO VP job. The UO search failed and Moffitt, who’d been on the search committee and was not…
That’s the rumor overheard Saturday night down at the opening of the Faculty Club’s new Lariviere Smoking Lounge: “Seriously, it’s a brilliant move, gives me a little hope for this place. Mullens looks out for his people – he got his coaches 21% raises and bonuses, they didn’t even need a union,…
Their editorial board is just not buying what Mullens and Geller are selling and writes a strong editorial protesting efforts to start random drug tests of Duck players without probable cause and without genuine public discussion of that policy. They trust the faculty Senate more than they trust the UO administration.…
NCAA player Jim O’Fallon Not only does the NCAA prevent college players from getting paid for their labor or from use of their sports images even after they leave college, and keep them from hiring agents to represent their interests, it even prevents them from borrowing against their own future…
It’s been a while since the latest Beangram. Someone told me he sent out something about online education a few weeks ago, probably got caught in my spam along with the Nigerian offers. Today there’s this from Indiana University – an $8 million initiative to develop online courses. Given the…
for the Register Guard. The last came out this morning. The articles combine science and data with stories about the lives and decisions of local players, parents, and coaches. I don’t know Mr. Richmond, but it’s a stunning piece of journalism which I am guessing will win at least a few…
Just a guess, but Randy Geller and UO’s Public Records Office are making a habit of releasing the bad news late on Friday afternoons. I’m hoping this will all be over soon and this blog will get back to addressing more academic matters, including the faculty union and shared governance.…
9/6/2012: In trying to defend random drug testing UO spokesperson Phil Weiler comes close to slandering UO’s acrobatics and tumbling team, formerly known as Competitive Cheer. Diane Dietz of the RG has the story here: In acrobatics, Weiler said, “there are bodies that are literally flying through the air. The…
Discounts for the faculty? You know that had to hurt. They’re cheaper on stubhub, but it’s the thought that counts. The JH administrators get in free of course. Well, free to them. The academic budget gives athletics $375K for 80 seats, part of the secret Frohnmayer/Kilkenny deal. 9/5/2012. Dear University of…
Brad Wolverton and Andrea Fuller have an excellent piece in the Chronicle on “Who’s in charge of sports” discussing how little explicit control university president’s contracts give them over athletics. Gottfredson’s contract, here, does not mention athletics. The story also notes this: The contract of Lou Anna K. Simon, president…
We had a post a while ago about how the Ducks were auctioning off football game jerseys to cover their mounting deficits. LaMike was not amused. But now it’s used women’s soccer team shorts – complete with certificate of authenticity. Surely there’s a classier way to pay for the UO administration’s family…
in an effort to reduce subsidies from the academic side: Current athletic director Troy Dannen took over the battle in the spring of 2008, and just a year after landing the job, Dannen had to make the difficult decision to eliminate the baseball program. At the time, the university was…
From the Statesman Journal.