1/7/2010: I’m not sure of the accuracy of these numbers, comments welcome: The construction of the Jaqua center took away about 150 parking spots, and shifted about 150 more from general use to athletes only. These will eventually need to be replaced with a parking garage. Current construction costs for…
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1/6/2010: If you’re tired of the relentless RG boosterism about the new Jaqua Athletes Only Study Center, (not just in the editorial, but also in Greg Bolt’s news article) you can read a more balanced report from Todd Milbourn of KVAL, here. There is a pretty comprehensive discussion about UO’s…
1/6/2010: This might be an interesting event: Sports and American Culture with the University of Oregon’s Richard Lariviere, Mike Bellotti, and Barbara Altmann in Eugene Think & Drink, the popular Portland happy-hour series, will visit Eugene on Friday, February 12, 2010, at 5:30 at Cozmic Pizza, 199 West 8th Ave.,…
1/1/2010: The rumors were true, Phil Knight was able to take general university parking and convert it to special reserved slots for athletes only. Lot 34F was originally student basketball courts, very popular for pickup games from the nearby dorms. It was converted to parking a few months ago, to…
12/31/2009: Since we started this blog in April we have had 51,919 page loads and have earned $20.38 in google ad revenue, while spending $77 on bourbon. This means each of the UO Matters staff owes me $9.44. Happy New Year.
12/30/2009: This is a fascinating piece on the history of the ivy league, from the London Times: Why are American universities on balance so much better than those of continental Europe? And why do the universities of the rest of the English-speaking world fall, on average, somewhere in the middle?…
12/30/2009. State law requires a response in 7 days. The DOJ will bill UO about $1000 ($137 per hour) for writing a careful, annotated response to this petition. Apparently Melinda Grier would prefer paying this to just forwarding along the draft – or just being straight about why UO is,…
12/28/2009: At least Moseley’s vacation home was in Bend, not Dubai.
12/29/2009: The Budget and Resource Planning people have begun posting pretty detailed expenditure reports at http://brp.uoregon.edu/analysis_fmr Apparently Brad Shelton, Kelly Wolf and Laura Hubbard are the people to thank for this big step forward for financial transparency.
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12/23/2009: We’ll post what we learn: From: “James Bean” Date: December 23, 2009 7:56:54 AM [email protected]> Subject: RE: FPC and the Provost This is a classic example of email as a poor medium for disucussion. I will be happy to meet with whatever members of the faculty wish to discuss…
12/23/2009: Here’s an interesting story in insidehighered.com about faculty hiring independent auditors to figure out the actual financial position of their universities. Apparently Frances Dyke is not the only VP for Finance with negative credibility. Here at UO we hear that Brad Shelton is still trying to disentangle the mess…
12/21/2007: Oregon State economist William Jaeger has produced an interesting report on Oregon’s taxes, demonstrating that they are well below the national average. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Also interesting is this study on happiness by state (of residence, not of mind). Oregon is #30.
12/21/2009: Sent to Doug Park, UO’s public records chief, after several unsuccessful attempts to get a response from UO’s AAEO Director Penny Daugherty. As discussed here, UO’s current plan is way out of date. Hi Doug: I’m still unable to get a response from Penny on when UO’s affirmative action…