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Ted Sickinger has had a series of stories in the Oregonian on the BETC program: Tax credits became big business in Oregon after the legislature and then-Gov. Ted Kulongoski supersized the state’s long running energy program to provide developers with up to $10 million per project. The state ultimately issued nearly $1…
The PCS site at https://pcs.uoregon.edu/content/business-opportunities is a mix of RFPs for “Parking Management Solutions”, “Executive Buzzword Coaches“, “Proposals from qualified Proposers for Clean kitchen grease / exhaust hoods, including all hood surfaces, grease filters, fans, fan housing, fan blades and associated ductwork”, and attempts to find a brave consultant willing to try running…
This is not about UO and Jennifer Freyd. It’s Willamette University, in a Title IX case brought by members of the women’s rowing team. In both cases the plaintiffs are represented by Jennifer Middleton of Eugene’s Johnson, Johnson, Lucas and Middleton LLC, and the universities by Paula Barran et al…
The decision was unanimous. The Washington Post’s Eugene Volokh has the analysis here. Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Elena Kagan’s concurring opinion reads as if written specifically in response to the UO administration’s discipline of law school professor Nancy Shurtz: The Government may not insulate a law from charges of viewpoint…
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Just a reminder to self, interesting IHE story here.
Dear General Counsel’s Office: Can a professor accept a bottle of Macallan 12 double-cask from a graduating student, after grades have been submitted? Asking for a friend. Thanks, UO Matters
Yet the RG is reporting that Duck AD Rob Mullens is going to throw more money at Coach Horton. Data from Google Trends:
And promptly received them from the Senate, at no charge. From UO’s Public Records log here:
After taking an extra month – what’s the hurry when you bill by the hour – UO’s lawyers finally filed a response to Professor Freyd’s gender discrimination lawsuit. The case is now set for jury trial on Sept 17, 2018. Docket here, UO’s response here. It looks like UO’s lawyers, Paula A.…
No, this is not about Duck basketball coach Dana Altman and AD Rob Mullens, or Joe Paterno. The latest athletics scandal is at Oregon State. Oregonian reporter John Canzano is shocked to hear that that their baseball coach and AD knew that the player was a registered sex offender, but didn’t tell…
Emma Henderson reports in the Daily Emerald here: “… too much of a sellout to the administration…” Despite this, the Senate re-elected Harbaugh as VP for 2017-18, and as President for 2018-19. No one else ran. The good news is that Chris Sinclair (Math) will be Senate President for the coming year.
Kenny Jacoby in the Emerald, here: Oregon track and field coaches routinely deny interview requests on student-athletes’ behalf in order to control which stories about the team are disseminated in the news media, the Emerald has found. Multiple times the Emerald has requested interviews with student-athletes during the indoor and…
I’m swamped, got plenty of public records and legal stuff to post but no time until next week.