4/3/2010: A reader points us to this devastating analysis of the Bellotti payoff, by Ted Sickinger of the Oregonian. I think it’s unfair to blame this on Lariviere, it’s got Frohnmayer’s fingerprints all over it. The University of Oregon’s $2.3 million golden handshake for resigning athletic director and former football…
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4/3/2010: Apparently Larviere gets back from his trip on Tuesday. People are expecting some fireworks. Meanwhile, Frohnmayer’s proposed new funding model for UO is a likely casualty of the Bellotti misadventure. UO needs more adult supervision, not less. I’m not saying that the OUS Board is qualified to do this,…
4/2/2010: It’s hard to keep up with the plethora of stories on the Bellotti payoff. In the RG David Steves and Christian Wihtol have a long detailed story that concludes with a partial list of the contradictions in Melinda Grier’s everchanging stories. Whitol has another story looking at contracts for…
4/1/2010: So far no reporter has been able to get Dave Frohnmayer to comment on the Bellotti payoff. Weird, because Dave obviously had a central role in the “verbal agreement,” and loves talking to reporters. But maybe he’s realized that since he’s still on the books as UO “President Emeritus”…
4/1/2010: From Mike Tokhito in the Oregonian: “In light of these circumstances and disclosures, I’ve requested the director of internal audit, Patricia Snopkowski, to review the agreement and the circumstances surrounding its execution, in order to assure that all applicable laws, rules and board policies have been met,” George Pernsteiner,…
4/1/2010: At this point I think the most likely version is that Lariviere fired Bellotti for mismanagement (the AD deficit, players gone wild, and other things that haven’t yet made the papers). The $2.3 million is Bellotti’s buyout package. A commenter points me to this Ken Goe story in the…
4/1/2010: From the RG letters: What do administrators do? So what could be worse than some Duck football players who beat up their girlfriends, steal stuff, get drunk, do drugs, etc.? I mean, really? What could be worse? Well, I think I know: certain people who get $2.3 million in…
3/31/2010: FWIW, UO General Counsel and Oregon Special Assistant Attorney General Melinda Grier tries to explain things to the OUS Chancellor and Board President, prior to the board meeting tomorrow, which now has this item as #1 on the agenda. Her letter below is courtesy of the Oregonian. From my…
3/31/2010: The RG editors have endorsed Attorney General Kroger’s review of UO’s $2.3 million payment to Bellotti: … One thing seems clear before justice officials begin their review: The manner in which the university handles its athletic department contracts and other financial dealings is disturbingly informal and secretive. Head coaches…
3/30/2010: We’ve written before about how UO is no longer a top-tier Carnegie research school, and about how our federal research credit rate was cut, after Frances Dyke spent the money remodeling Johnson Hall instead of on research labs. But this news really hits us where it hurts.
3/30/2010: Since 2006, Oregon’s new Interim AD, Lorraine Davis, has been getting paid half time at a $197,278 FTE out of a fund that was originally intended to support retiring tenured faculty while they taught classes for 5 years prior to complete retirement. When Provost John Moseley, and VP’s Davis…
3/29/2010: More on the verbal contract is here. Rachel Bachman of the Oregonian reports: The Oregon Department of Justice is reviewing the resignation agreement between Mike Bellotti and the University of Oregon, a handshake-based deal that calls for $2.3 million in payments to the former Oregon athletic director. The agreement…
3/29/2010: Now that President Lariviere has apppointed Lorraine Davis as Interim AD it will be interesting to see if we can get more information from the athletic department’s financial situation. Davis’s own salary is a case in point – she’s been getting paid out of the academic budget, while working…
3/29/2010: From Bill Graves in the Oregonian: Oregon leaders expressed frustration and anger Friday after learning that thousands of college students will not get need-based state scholarships because grants awarded this year exceed the state budget by millions of dollars more than expected. The Oregon Student Assistance Commission reported to…
Suggestions welcome: AAU/AAAS Handbook on “legally sustainable diversity programs”http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2010/0507diversity.shtml With the help of an extensive appendix outlining key legal opinions, the handbook “provides examples of field-tested tools for diversifying faculties and student bodies,” Chubin said during the teleconference.The tools expand the notion of diversity beyond race or gender, said Keith,…