13th Street redesign meeting: Feb. 7 with an open house to gather community feedback from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the EMU’s Lease Crutcher Lewis Room, with light refreshments provided. Personally I’d rank this near the bottom of any list of how to best spend money, but whatever, I assume it’s…
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2/5/2019: After adjusting for cost of living increases, Oregonian’s average real income rose 2.7% last year: The UO faculty, not so much: 1/18/2019: Provost announces 1.1% pay cut for UO faculty I’m no economist, but I can subtract. Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the cost of living in…
Just kidding, it will save the Ducks millions, and I’m guessing Pres Schill will let AD Rob Mullens spend it on himself and his coaches, as usual. USA Today has the story here, from Steve Berkowitz: … The federal tax-law changes passed in December 2017 included the creation of an excise…
2/4/2019 update:
Back in the day HLGR partners Sharon Rudnick and Jeff Matthews brought in some serious billable hours from UO as they tried to learn labor law on the fly, bargaining against the faculty union and the GTFF. They got schooled.
Harrang is now reduced to pitching its services to potential clients who think a strike is a good thing:
6/30/2018: Harrang, Long, Gary, & Rudnick’s remaining lawyers now working from a shopping mall across the river
You can’t make this stuff up. Zack Demars has the story in the Daily Emerald on the “deliberations” of the Tuition Fee Advisory Board, here: … One of the major considerations by the board was public perception: The board settled on 2.97 percent to keep the advertised increase slightly below…
Apparently the l*wsuit threat has been resolved, and the show is on: 8pm, Saturday, February 2. Aasen-Hull Hall (RM 190) UO School of Music and Dance, 961 East 18th Ave. Eugene. Admission: free, BYOB. The conference is organized by Professors Brian McWhorter and Toby Koenigsberg. Keynote speakers will include Professor…
I’m no sports fan, but my dad was, so even I know that yesterday would have been Robinson’s 100th birthday, and that he was a hero who turned a ball game into something that mattered for us all. Duck basketball coach Dana Altman, on the other hand, is something far…
The Senate did its job today. Actions added below. SENATE MEETING AGENDA 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake rooms) Livestream here. DRAFT (updated 1/30 and 1/29 regarding the sexual relationships policy and Teaching Evals disclaimer language) Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake rooms) 3:00…
I recently had cause to visit USC. It was a good conference, but the sessions were not short. During one welcome break, I came across this – in the business school, of course. I salute your taste for generosity and humor, J.K.P., class of 1970! Any guesses on how much…
Bengt Holmstrom got a 2016 Nobel for this basic insight, which given how little I’ve heard about research metrics lately, may even have taken hold with our administrative leadership. Now Stanford economists Caroline Hoxby and Sarah Turner have a new paper on the consequences for low SES students, as explained in…
Today’s editorial in the Bend Bulletin: A small exchange in court in Salem on Wednesday spoke volumes about the public’s right to know how its money is spent under Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program. Lawyers representing The Bulletin and the state of Oregon were in the courtroom of Marion County Circuit…
Franklin Lewis in the Daily Emerald, here.
That’s the news from the Senate’s job-site tour today. It looks pretty good. Glad to hear there will be classrooms, in the basement and first floor. Space for advisors and math and writing tutors on floors 1-3, and deluxe corner offices for the CAS Dean and the VP for Equity on…
And the winners are a matter of public record: At one point the Oregon Health Plan couldn’t afford to cover all low income applicants, so they had monthly lotteries. But this is new to me – Kyle Iboshi of KGW8 has the story here: … Last year, the OLCC created a…