6/3/2013: Excellent story by Brad Wolverton in the Chronicle on life at the bottom of a winner-takes-all competition.
NOTE: Thumbs up/down on comments has been disabled due to misuse by PR Flack supporters. Sorry!
- test (7)
- UO Matters { Yes, an Android would work, wouldn't it? If you see a driverless Tesla headed towards you remember that you can't... }
- I Robot { Right, on my office computer -- not in Johnson unit btw -- it doesn't accept my humanity -- but on... }
- UO Matters { Are you posting from a Johnson Hall IP address? I've had some nutty moments from there and I can see... }
- I Robot { Esteemed Colleague Bill: Yes, the software is cancelling your faithful correspondent but only when he comments via UO network. I... }
- Fishwrapper { It already has. }
- UO Matters { My spam filter does not believe you are human? I have the feeling this AI thing is going to end... }
- I Robot { test indeed. I can't submit comments from my office computer. UOM won't take my word for it that I'm human.... }
- Interim Provost Woodruff-Borden announces another... (10)
- thedude { It can be more than 3 percent, only if someone else gets a raise lower than that. The only people... }
- UO Matters { Welcome to the University of Oregon, and yes it is. }
- { I haven't been here very long-- does this mean that for OAs, we don't get a COLA increase, but just... }
- Fishwrapper { That's what I've heard... }
- UO Matters { If you make up something and say it to yourself is that the same as hearing it? }
- { And Johnson Hall is pleased and excited to announce that they have given leave for the sun to rise tomorrow.... }
- Thedude { Rumors I've heard is that the union is getting ready to roll over again and it isn't even going to... }
- Fishwrapper { How about the low-hanging, obvious, and totally sophomoric fruit: Kevin Bacon's First Film Role? }
- The Administration wants you to... (3)
- honest Uncle Bernie { UOM: If so, not wise of you. If there is a principled statement here, and the principals want to be... }
- UO Matters { They said I could post the names. I didn't because I want to attract more readers with the mystery of... }
- Fair Questions { Why redact the names? If they feel this strongly why is that a secret? }
- UO closes new dorm due... (9)
- Darby { Not long after opening, the first floor water fountain had been leaking causing major damage to the very expensive flooring... }
- Mike { Crappy concrete, crappy inspection...GO DUX! }
- John Q { Public records requests for the city of Eugene inspections / approvals of these construction projects? }
- honest Uncle Gangsta { Yes, the Harbaugh Institute for Advanced Study is planned for the Inner Courtyard. We all await this glorious culmination of... }
- Fishwrapper { It wasn't built for indoor T&F events, so what's the complaint? }
- Townie { Hayward Field does not offer adequate rain cover. Poor execution. }
- UO Matters { Agreed. I know from family connections predating my time at UO that Mr. Knight has long had a taste for... }
- honest Uncle Gangsta { Maybe they should subcontract the dorm projects to Good Old Uncle Phil (GOUP). Say what you will, he gets the... }
- NYT lauds deposed dictator &... (20)
- honest Uncle Gangsta { A sportsmanlike encounter today of our magnificent Ducks with stately Portland State. A gentlemanly send off, I take it. We... }
- honest Uncle Gangsta { A deeply moving saga. This man has enriched us all. Starting with himself. His influence on this great University is... }
- University to deduct regressive "contributions"... (11)
- UO Matters { Surely the payouts are in proportion to the mandatory "contributions". }
- Anas clypeata { So if you make $48,000 a year, you pay $480 per year, or 1% of your income. (Technically, the UO... }
- I, Robot { uom does not seem to take material from my computer. It asks me to check a box affirming that I... }
- thedude { They could have split even like social security, medicare, other payroll taxes. They intentionally stuck us with more of it... }
- UO Matters { Thanks for the link, which states "Employers can choose to pay the employee portion, in full or in part, as... }
- SkitterFootedScarab { Is that an option for large employers? Like PERS match? https://paidleave.oregon.gov/resources/common-questions.html#:~:text=The%20Oregon%20Employment%20Department%20decides,rate%20for%202023%20is%201%25. The 60% employee contribution is State mandated but the... }
- UO Matters { State law requires UO to have this program (or use the state plan), but it does not require UO to... }
- Inquiring minds { I am perplexed by your discontent directed at UO. This is a state law. Most employees in Oregon have been... }
- Will UO's new fundraising VP... (8)
- Fishwrapper { Fair enough. }
- honest Uncle Bernie { Fish -- at least perhaps we can agree on your last paragraph. }
- Fishwrapper { hUB, I sense a bit of snarcasm there...I see what you're doing. _ The process of driving an institution of... }
- honest Uncle Bernie { Fish -- why the snark about Phil? l would say that both UO and the state of Oregon failed to... }
- Older »
- test (7)
Last Tweets
Tags
AAUP-AFT Union? Academic Freedom administrative bloat Athletics athletics subsidy Beangrams Coronavirus Dana Altman Dave Frohnmayer: UO President Diversity Faculty pay Faculty Union (United Academics of UO) free speech Jamie Moffitt Jim Bean: UO Provost Jim O'Fallon jock box Lariviere Firing Lorraine Davis March 8-9 rape allegations Melinda Grier Michael Gottfredson NCAA NCAA violations new partnership plan off topic OUS Board and Chancellor Pernsteiner PERS Public Records Public Safety Randy Geller General Counsel Research money Richard Lariviere: UO President Rob Mullens Scott Coltrane Senate Sharon Rudnick Tim Gleason Track and Field Championships Uncategorized UO Foundation UO Presidential Archives UO restructuring plan UO Trustees-
Recent Posts
- test 09/14/2023
- The Administration wants you to scab on your grad students 09/11/2023
- Interim Provost Woodruff-Borden announces another pay cut 09/07/2023
- NYT lauds deposed dictator & one-time UO ally Ali Bongo as a musician & environmentalist 08/31/2023
- UO closes new dorm due to crack problem 08/25/2023
- University to deduct regressive “contributions” for new paid leave program 08/16/2023
- Will UO’s new fundraising VP Joe Buck compete with the Ducks? 08/14/2023
- Seem familiar? 08/10/2023
- Does he believe this crap? Does he think anyone does? 08/07/2023
- UO not quite at bottom of Big 10/18! 08/04/2023
- UO Trustees hold emergency meeting to discuss academic issues 08/04/2023
- New Prez Karl Scholz’s first act will be to raise GTFF and faculty pay to national norms! 07/25/2023
- Ingrate Beach Volleyball players want to take the bread from the mouths of AD Rob Mullens’s wife and kids 07/22/2023
- UO’s administrators spend millions on PR flacks and Around the O to puff up their careers, and the only journalists left to find out what’s really happening are the students at the Daily Emerald 07/19/2023
- Here’s hoping Tim Inman gave Karl Scholz more transition info than this pablum I just paid Kevin Reed $364.54 for 07/12/2023
- GC Kevin Reed’s PR Office uses fees and delays to stymie access to Pres Scholz’s transition docs 07/11/2023
- Pres Schill gives big-time college football coach slap on the wrist for tolerating sexual abuse 07/08/2023
- No one at UO gives a shit about Intercollegiate Track and Field, so Hayward tickets are now free: 07/05/2023
- Hearty “Go Ducks” from new UO Pres Karl Scholz: 07/03/2023
- ChatGPT or UO’s Interim Leaders on UO’s commitment to diversity? You decide: 06/29/2023
Blogroll
Polls
Loading ...Spam Blocked