Thanks to an anonymous IT worker for sending this, about UO’s efforts to prevent IT workers from getting SEIU representation by classifying them as “management”: SEIU 503 is challenging a whopping 60% of all Information Services Division OAs (40+ positions in total) for being mis-classified as “Managerial Positions”, even though…
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No disrespect to Mr. Reed intended – this is just the sort of thing he said he would do in his job application letter, and just what Pres Schill pays him to do: PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The NCAA is reviewing the University of Oregon’s relationship to an organization backed…
From https://www.oregon.gov/erb/Documents/UP-014-17_Remand.pdf
Thanks to Raghu Parthasarathy of UO Physics and http://eighteenthelephant.wordpress.com/ for sending in the following: ..I’ve wondered about this exact comparison [of the relative risks of Covid and of bicycling] for a while. Here are some very rough numbers — I encourage someone to put together better ones. TL/DR: My estimate…
The union’s response today to the administration’s dismissal yesterday of the union’s request that JH get its shit together about this omicron thing, any fucking time now: Colleagues, Below, you’ll find the [Union] Executive Council’s message to upper administration after reviewing their response. If you are having difficulty with remote…
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, another key COVID-19 forecaster in the Pacific Northwest says the number of infections in Oregon likely peaked Jan. 11. It forecasts that hospitalizations will top out on Feb. 1. Daily deaths would start declining on Feb. 4. From…
From https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/20/pac-12-stock-report-oregons-covid-issue-washingtons-beefed-up-schedule-low-level-star-power-small-wins-for-asu-and-colorado/ The outline of an unfortunate situation has emerged on the Oregon trail. It involves COVID — specifically, the apparent violation of conference protocols by Ducks coach Dana Altman. We framed it that way because details are sketchy. What can and cannot be revealed about COVID is dictated by…
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Pretty sure UO’s late and capricious reporting is not building trust in science:
Just kidding, our Provost’s warning is to the faculty, about not giving the players any “academic extra benefits”
https://www.klcc.org/show/city-club-of-eugene/2022-01-16/city-club-of-eugene-lessons-from-the-pandemic-uos-impact-on-the-next-normal