Update: Scott Greenstone has a brief report in the ODE, here, with a subhead that pretty much captures how little JH has done on sexual violence prevention:
Coltrane promises the UO is deciding how to fight sexual assault
President Coltrane, do we have your firm commitment on your promise to decide something, someday?
My Summary:
1) Ballmer and Linder explain search process, rationale for closed search. Many skeptical questions, but all in all I think the Senate buys the closed search idea, with reluctance.
2) Marcus explains GradGate – frankly I’m still confused as to how this could have happened.
3) Coltrane explains why he hasn’t done anything about the sexual assault prevention efforts yet.
Questions for Coltrane about LibraryGate, about why he’s expanding greek life given the sexual assault problems, and whether or not he’ll support fundraising to reduce the burden of athletic ticket lottery on UO students. Coltrane evades all.
4) Policy on policies: Good discussion, Bonine has saved the Senate’s authority once again. Passes unanimously with thanks to Coltrane and Bronet for working so cooperatively.
5) Gender neutral bathrooms. Students make convincing pitch for this. Motion gives thorough explanation for why this is an important issue. Lots of discussion, Senate wants to get this right. Amendments about locks, then passes unanimously w/ applause.
Senate to meet Feb 11: Budget, Pres search, Policy on policies
Regarding the search, two of the Parker principals, Laurie C. Wilder, President, and Porsha L. Williams, Vice President, will be on campus Wednesday to answer questions about the Presidential Search. At the Senate, and also Wed, 9-10 in the Law School’s 4th floor Lewis Lounge room. This Diane Dietz story from last September does a good job describing the machinations by Chuck Lillis and Angela Wilhelms that led to Lillis getting sole authority to pick a single finalist for the job.
Regarding the budget, presumably there will be a report from the Senate Budget Committee on what they have been able to learn about the consequences of Brad Shelton’s decision to centralize funding decisions, and the recent cut in graduate student funding.
Senate Meeting Agenda – February 11, 2015
115 Lawrence, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
3:00 pm 1. Call to Order
3:00 pm 2. Approval of Minutes 2.1 January 14, 2015
3:05 pm 3. State of the University
3.1 Remarks by Interim President Coltrane with questions
3.2 Remarks by Parker Executive Search Firm with questions
3.3 University Budget Update
3:45 pm 4. New Business
4.1 Motion (Resolution): Resolution to Create and Make Accessible More Gender-Inclusive Restrooms on the University of Oregon Campus; Samantha Cohen (Senator; Undergraduate, Family and Human Services), Elle Mallon (Undergraduate, Psychology), Atticus Kazarian (Undergraduate, Linguistics), Miles Sisk (Undergraduate, Political Science), LGBTQA, Theta Pi Sigma; ASUO Executive; The Women’s Center
4.2 Motion (Policy Adoption): Revision of the University’s “Policy on Policies”; Senate Executive Committee
4.3 Motion (Legislation): Committee Requirements with Moderate Revisions, Slate 5 (Tenth-Year Review); Senate Executive Committee
4:55 pm 5. Open Discussion
4:55 pm 6. Reports
4:55 pm 7. Notice(s) of Motion
4:55 pm 8. Other Business
5:00 pm 9. Adjournment
NOTE: The Policy Tracker may be viewed here.
@UOMatters
could you give a brief summary of Marcus and GradGate explanation?
Yes I know your confused, me too, but a confused summary is better than no summary …
can’t you ask your department head? then you’d get both a generic answer and one specific to your circumstances
I would rather know what Marcus said. I already know generic and specific “answers” – I am more interested in the chain of non-logic that goes with these outcomes.