9/21/2010: These days everybody talks like a pirate. But can they do the walk? This guy actually seized a drifting barge on the Columbia and is now trying to sell the iron to the wreckers for $75,000.
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9/21/2011: Around the time Randy Geller was appointed UO General Counsel, longtime GC executive assistant Brian Whalen left to work in the president’s office. He was replaced by Deb Donning, who was given the new title of “Chief of Staff”. But last month she left for a UO risk management…
9/19/2011: Off topic, but too important to ignore. Gays and lesbians can now serve openly in the US military. Army letter here. Photos of service members openly enjoying their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, with a little of the 2nd amendment too, here. Meanwhile, the Marines…
9/20/2011: Here’s the letter from PERS telling current beneficiaries their names and payments will be released publicly on Nov 21.
9/19/2011: The groans over this are as loud as the crowd at Matt Court on a bad night. Not exactly hope and change. I don’t know what to think. Will she get to keep her car? What will this mean for her golden parachute contract? The 2008 Oregonian story by…
update – for Eugene, not clear the methods for the 2 years are directly comparable. UO data is correct however. 9/19/2011: 2010 Eugene violent crime rates fall again – a 14% fall from 2009 reports, and the continuation of a long trend. Eugene property crimes also fell – burglary by…
9/19/2011: From the ODE Franklin Bains article: – Last year, when the state government was looking through proposals to fix the ailing public higher education system, students in Oregon — including University students — roundly condemned University President Richard Lariviere’s plan, which wanted to use a mix of public and…
9/19/2011: Good questions from Tyree Harris, and some detailed answers, read it all here. A sample: ODE: What progress do you hope to make this year with the New Partnership? What progress do you think can be made given the new terms of your contract? RL: My contract doesn’t have…
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9/18/2011: The just released campus livability working group report is here. Joe Moseley’s HotTopics blog has some good comments, here. And Ed Russo has a long story in the RG – part of a series – on the impact of student partying on the neighborhoods south and west of campus.…
9/17/2011: In the Oregonian: Mullens pledged full cooperation with the NCAA and said the University has retained outside counsel (Bond, Schoeneck and King) to conduct an independent assessment of the football program’s use of outside recruiting services. Once completed, that report will be made public. Yes, we are paying “The…
9/16/2011: Bill Graves of the Oregonian on the UO raises: The report explains the UO jumped at the chance earlier this year to raise salaries and protect quality at a time when state support keeps shrinking. The university was careful to avoid merit or across-the-board pay increases, said Russ Tomlin, …
9/16/2011: From the RG. This is a very smart gift: A University of Oregon graduate is donating $5 million to provide scholarships to a group that she says is often overlooked — the children of middle class families. “I wanted to help Oregonians caught in the middle,” alumna and longtime…
From the SEIU site. These are key elements of the proposed settlement, worked about between SEIU bargainers and Vice Chancellor Jay “no furloughs for me” Kenton: My understanding is that the staff now gets to vote on whether or not to accept this. • All workers will receive a 1.5% cost-of-living…
9/15/2011: Liz Denecke of the UO Public Records Office has agreed to waive the first $200 in fees for “public interest” records requests. This will include requests from the press, and new media such as UO Matters. The new policy should be announced at their website here shortly and it…