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That’s the headline of this Washington Post article: LAIXI, China — The workers in standard-issue blue jackets stitch and glue and press together about 8 million pairs of Nikes each year at Qingdao Taekwang Shoes Co., a Nike supplier for more than 30 years and one of the American brand’s…
Per the UO Constitution, the official naming ceremony requires pro-forma approval by Pres Schill and his Faculty Advisory Committee. But the Eugene Weekly has spoken: We loved all the responses we got for naming the Hayward Field tower — and Phil’s Phallus Palace was a strong runner up. The “weiner” is:…
He’s losing out to something called Tool, a South African comedian, a Circus, and Women’s BB. Still ahead of Acrobatics and Tumbling though!
That’s mostly pay for Angela Wilhems etc., but the cost of care and feeding for the Board Members does add up: No wonder hotelier Brian Obie was all in on SB 270.
into the simplistic libertarianism of my youth. Some days are harder than others. Today Nigel Jaquiss and Rachel Monahan reported in Willamette Week that the State of Oregon is losing money on its new sports lottery. How the hell do you lose money running a sports book? And if you did,…
General Washington famously refused to accept a salary from the Continental Congress for his service. It’s less well known that he meticulously submitted every conceivable expense for reimbursement. While his war-time records are public, the UO Foundation claims that theirs are subject to a higher degree of privilege:
Rob Manning has the story on OPB here. While falling enrollment was the biggest problem, it appears Concordia’s homophobic financiers at The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod got mad about the university’s support for LGBTQ students, and suddenly cut their bond funding: Last August, dozens of prospective students and their parents toured the…
Unfortunately that would be $20M more in funding for the 2021 Track and Feld Championships, not for UO’s academic bucket. HB 2047 passed the Oregon House by one vote, and goes to the Senate tomorrow. OLIS link here. It seems Hans Bernard and Libby Batlan were being paid out of…
Schill cuts tuition to $0, angry students say he just wants to make it harder to organize for Bernie
OK, so that’s not exactly what went down at tonight’s Town Hall on the guaranteed tuition plan. The Emerald’s Ryan Nguyen has a more nuanced report here. As for the plan itself, it goes against what both the neoclassical *and* behavioral economic models predict about student enrollment decisions. So I’d…
From OLIS: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020R1/Committees/HED/2020-02-24-13-00/Agenda
Ken Goe in the Oregonian has the short version and links to additional stories: A bill expected to provide enough state funding to honor Gov. Kate Brown’s pledge of $40 million for the 2021 World Outdoor Track & Field Championships squeaked through the Oregon House on Friday. The bill passed…