6/3/2019 update: I think the most dysfunctional aspect of this secret search is that whoever gets the job of leader of UO’s academic side will not be able to make a plausible claim that they have a mandate from the faculty. The RG’s Jordyn Brown reports that UO will not…
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6/7/2019 update:
Elizabeth Skowron (Psychology) is Senate President for the 19-20 AY. Elliot Berkman will be VP, and then Senate President for 20-21.
6/3/2019: Elliot Berkman (psych) only Senate VP candidate for Wed. election
I won’t be running again, and so far this is the only candidate statement posted on the Senate webpage here:
Berkman Candidate Statement
May 29, 2019
Reporting a potential violation of UO’s Academic Freedom Policy: Pres Schill’s response to an inquiry from the Senate President and Past President: From: Mike Schill <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Reporting a potential violation of UO’s Academic Freedom Policy Date: May 29, 2019 at 9:35:40 AM PDT To: Senate President <[email protected]>, Jayanth…
The Johnson Hall lobby has been the primo spot for sit-ins since Nam, Workers Rights, and Dana Altman’s players rape allegations. My favorite was the UO Divest campaign, where emotions ran so high the protestors refused the chocolate Pres Schill brought them. Then Kevin Reed had to ruin the good…
That is a trick question. No one could answer that question. The ’87 Caballero didn’t come with a vacuum distributor. It came with a computer controlled distributor. However, if you were to retrofit it with a vacuum advance distributor for $55 off ebay, the correct ignition timing would be 10…
Update: UO to start using 2-factor identification, someday. No word on whether they’re also going to make me change the duckweb password I’ve used for assigning grades and direct payroll deposit since 1995. Town Hall today at 1 in the Knight browsing room. Thanks to an anonymous reader for forwarding:…
Dean Adriene Lim of the UO Libraries will step down in July This message about the departure of Adriene Lim, dean of Libraries and Philip H. Knight Chair, was sent by Provost Banavar to faculty and staff in the UO Libraries. May 28, 2019 Dear Colleagues, I am writing to…
Reporter Zach Demars, here. The story mostly goes along with VPFA Jamie Moffitt’s view of the causes of the budget crisis and like our easily manipulated Board of Trustees, avoids discussing solutions such as cutting athletic subsidies, central administrative costs, or consulting projects such as the new faculty tracking software.…
Gina Scaplone had the story last week in the Emerald. Colleen Flaherty at InsideHigherEd has more here. Some snippets: Jennifer Freyd, professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, has spent years studying the concept of institutional betrayal, including when institutions don’t help right the wrongs committed within them. Now Freyd…
Oregonian sportswriter Ken Goe does the due diligence that our board of trustees won’t, here. According to the numbers from VP for Finance Jamie Moffitt, eliminating baseball would allow UO to cut its proposed 8% tuition increase for in-state undergrads to about 4%.
Say it ain’t so! The Daily Emerald’s Michael Tobin reports that UO General Counsel Reed is not investigating, but he is interested in going to LA to meet Michael Avenatti and receive more information from him. But not to investigate. UNLV is investigating, but Reed is just probing the situation.…
HB 2353 has now passed the Oregon House and Senate unanimously, and Governor Brown is expected to sign it soon: I like how the fine goes to the requester of the records. This emergency legislation is indeed necessary for the sake of the public peace. In the past year the…
90 minutes after UO’s gutless Board of Trustees votes to raise in-state tuition: The Oregonian’s James Crepea has the story here.
Just kidding, there’s no sign that Faculty Trustee Laura Lee McIntyre will make any such motion, or raise any questions about why the board continues to rubber-stamp raises for Rob Mullens and his coaches while increasing undergraduate tuition and cutting museums. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Th 9:30 AM FORD ALUMNI CENTER…
11-2 today. Thanks to a reader for the tip: As you know, “The Pioneer” is a statue that glorifies white supremacy and settler-colonial violence against people of color, especially Native people. NASU is holding a protest to take the statue down THIS WEDNESDAY from 11am to 2pm. Please pass this…