6/3/2011: The administration started the year by ignoring student opposition to spending millions of their tuition money on armed, sworn police – while condescendingly telling them, and the faculty, that they had been consulted and informed, and that the proposal would actually save us $76,000 a year. ASUO President Amelie…
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Bad news from the RG. UO’s final exams start Monday. Rumor has it desperate undergrads are already looting the Starbucks on 13th: OAKRIDGE — A Nevada man escaped injury this morning after his tractor-trailer rig overturned on Highway 58 east of Oakridge, state police officials said. The crash occurred when…
6/3/2011: There were three bills in the legislature for higher ed reform this year. Gov. Kitzhaber’s bills to replace OUS and Dr. Pernsteiner Mr. Pernsteiner with a new K-20 “Educational Investment Board”http://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2011/SB909/http://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2011/hb2962/ UO President Lariviere’s proposals to create a free and independent UO Board of Directors focused on improving UO’s…
6/3/2011: Becky Supiano in the Chronicle: To come up with a benchmark for affordability, the group used Npsas data to calculate how much of a family’s income would be required to pay the average cost of college after grant aid at colleges generally, and found that it was 27 percent…
in the wrong hands, it’s a weapon. If only the administration had armed, sworn officers on call this tragic episode could have been prevented. Thanks to Kenny Ocker of the ODE keep these coming, please! Disturbingly, the story has no reference to classical history:
6/2/2011: I’m hoping that this ODE story is not an entirely accurate description of what happened in our Arabic program. But at this point anything is plausible. Maybe they needed the money for another Associate VP of strategic planning and communication? Or to pay for our new VP for Diversity?…
6/2/2011: Interesting opinion piece, courtesy of a reader: Back in the mid 20th century, colleges and universities helped America beat down economic inequality. Now they reinforce it.
From a Lewis and Clark Law Prof’s Blog: A Modest Proposal for Dealing with Corruption in College Sports While the NCAA prepares its nuclear bomb for use against Ohio State in the wake of that school’s football scandal, I thought I’d propose a way to address the corrupting influence of…
6/2/2011: “Know the O” is the athletic department’s latest effort to pretend that they have some relationship to UO’s academic side. They are going to find a sponsor for 30 second spots on televised Ducks games, to highlight faculty research. Right in between the Bud Light commercials. 8 seconds for…
6/1/2011: From Rockne Andrew Roll in the ODE: One of those opponents was Rep. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver), who thought more discussion was necessary before moving forward. Though Whisnant described himself as a public safety supporter, he thought the proposal was too expensive. “I thought it was an overkill,” Whisnant said.…
6/1/2011: The OUS Board meets Friday. “The Board will review and approve the proposed tuition and fee rates for 2011-12.” Yes, the agenda states they will approve the increases. No vote? Bill Graves has a good story in the Oregonian, here. From OUS: UO – The University of Oregon is…
6/1/2011: Only problem is that it will be in Corvallis: Campus officials are set to build a $14-million Student Success Center, just north of Reser Stadium. It will feature classroom space, computer labs and more room for student tutoring.More academic help for a growing campus. Oregon State’s Assistant Vice President,…
To the left, the sleek, overflowing (but shallow) fountain of the Jacqua Jock Box, symbolizing purity, excess, and athletics. To the right, the broken debris filled fountain in front of the Knight Library, symbolizing the corrupt, dissolute, and empty life of the mind. Note that the jocks tricked Provost Bean…
print sports stories like this? From the OSU student paper, on the Tresell scandals market transactions between willing buyers and sellers: “The tattoo thing is whatever. It’s not that big of a deal, but it’s one of the dumb rules that the NCAA has,” Jenkins told The Lantern on Wednesday.…
5/30/2011: State cuts education, spends $2 million on carpooling consultants.