From the important NYT report here. Read it all. Yes, the universities that educate students from modest backgrounds face big challenges, particularly state budget cuts. But many of them are performing much better than their new stereotype suggests. They remain deeply impressive institutions that continue to push many Americans into the…
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I thought readers might be interested in this cutting edge example of the sort of out of the box thinking that should define best practices for UO faculty: PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS | ARTICLE OPEN “Excellence R Us”: university research and the fetishisation of excellence Samuel Moore, Cameron Neylon, Martin Paul Eve, Daniel Paul…
The RG had a story Friday on this very interesting man:
Rob Mullens and his new $3.6M football coach sure know how to pick ’em. The Oregonian’s Andrew Greif has the latest on where Coach Willie Taggart’s road to Duck football excellence is taking the University of Oregon, here: Five days after his hiring was officially announced by the Oregon Ducks, co-offensive coordinator David Reaves is…
My father was marching in DC to protest LBJ’s bombing of Hanoi. I was marching in Eugene to support human rights. Thanks to my sister for the photoshop! And forgive me for one more family photo: Dad circa 1969, in our living room with WWII B-24 bomber pilot, Senator, anti-war candidate,…
Old UO policies are great for getting a fire started, but the secret to keeping smoke to a minimum is a hot fire and textbooks:
Kenny Jacoby has the story on Taggart’s rules for players in the Daily Emerald here: Three Oregon football players who had off-the-field issues are “no longer with the team,” UO athletics spokesman Craig Pintens confirmed Monday afternoon. Redshirt junior defensive lineman Eddie Heard, freshman wide receiver Tristen Wallace and freshman linebacker Darrian Franklin are…
Just kidding. It’s a Duck coach, so the penalty is only a month off with no pay. Kenny Jacoby has the scoop in the Emerald, here.
And not the good kind. Washington Post Reporter Adam Kilgore, here:
Andrew Greif has the story in the Oregonian, here: At least three Oregon Ducks football players were hospitalized after enduring a series of grueling strength and conditioning workouts at UO last week, The Oregonian/OregonLive has learned. Offensive linemen Doug Brenner and Sam Poutasi and tight end Cam McCormick are in fair condition and…
Update: My apologies to those who wanted to hear the UO Gospel Singers and went to Beall Hall at 3 today. The information provided by Around the O in its list of MLK Day events was wrong. The link was for last year’s performance. So far as I can tell there is no…
Jack Moran has the scoop on the latest student-athlete tort-claim notice in the RG here. This is a new one – not related to the one from Dana Altman’s players. UO’s response on that lawsuit isn’t due til Thursday.
Professor Harper announces that the UO Faculty Club will be open this Wed and Th, under the usual rules: WHO: The UO Faculty Club is open to all UO statutory faculty—tenure-track faculty, career non-tenure-track faculty, and OAs tenured in an academic department, as well as people retired from positions in…