12/20/2011 (Updated frequently at bottom): If you signed on to the complaint to the Oregon Government Ethics commission about the OUS board’s decision to fire President Lariviere without following the public meetings law, you’ve probably received a letter from GEC Director Ron Bersin saying he will not investigate. We’re following…
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1/14/2012: Update: According to the latest records UO has stopped paying for his beamer. Interesting. 12/19/2011: Jim Bean went on sabbatical for his health, and at he moment he’s still on a sabbatical, visiting old friends to catch up on the last 15 years of OR research and scanning papers…
No, I don’t mean scotch. That’s covered for the next few years, thanks. I mean what are UO’s priorities now and how can this blog help move them forward?
12/16/2011: Today Senate President Kyr sent out a call asking for nominations for the Presidential Search Committee. Responses are needed by Sunday. My understanding is that this committee will be formally appointed by Pernsteiner, but that Kyr will make the nominations with input from Johnson Hall. There will be 5…
12/16/2011: Excellent interview with Jack Stripling in the Chronicle You may need to be on campus for the link to work. I had plenty of problems with him as president. But I like the man because he’s witty and genuine. I admire him because he’s smart and because he cared…
12/15/2011: I’m no anthropologist, but I think the theory is that gifts don’t mean much when the giver has first tried to sell them, and failed, and then tries to sell them to you for half-off. Email from the UO Athletic department to UO employees: Oregon DUCKMAIL The Official Source…
12/15/2011: From the Oregonian: One day after telling state agencies to suspend all hiring except for the most essential jobs, Gov. John Kitzhaber’s office posted a new job for an “early learning system director.” On Tuesday, the governor and legislative leaders agreed that the state would freeze hiring and stop…
12/14/2011: Kitzhaber’s just full of good news for UO lately. From the RG: Oregon universities, including the University of Oregon, will abide by Gov. John Kitzhaber’s call for a state hiring freeze while lawmakers wrestle with expected declines in tax revenue. Presidents of all seven state universities are expected to…
for leadership at UO for the next few years will have two parts: a) Did you fight back when OUS fired Lariviere? b) Can you get over it already, and put in the effort to get UO back on track? Lots of unpaid committee work coming up for the faculty…
12/14/2011: That’s my read of the recent chatter. We wish him well, happy to write a glowing letter.
12/14/2011. That would be OSU President Ed Ray. From the Corvallis Gazette Times: OSU will, however, raise its faculty pay by 4 percent starting in January 2012, as a means of keeping good faculty and attracting top-notch new faculty members. The faculty also will receive pay raises in January 2013.…
in New York. 12/13/2011. From the NYT: [James H. Simons] joined two governors, David A. Paterson and Andrew M. Cuomo, in pressing the Legislature to shore up the finances of the State University of New York, the parent system of Stony Brook, in part by raising tuition. He made it…
12/11/2011: Under the NCAA cartel, none of his players will get a dime. Fascinating, carefully researched story by Ted Sickinger in the Oregonian on how Mike Bellotti came to be collecting $490,000 a year in PERS, most of which will ultimately be paid by Oregon taxpayers: The statutes governing PERS…
12/11/2011: Greg Bolt has a long story in the RG on how the Lariviere firing has forged new leadership and solidarity at UO: History professor Ian McNeely, a member of the UO Senate’s executive committee, said it has been inspiring to see how people have put aside differences to work…
which is it? “Who should Berdahl fire?” or “Whom should Berdahl fire?” Thanks.