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New Prez Karl Scholz’s first act will be to raise GTFF and faculty pay to national norms!

Just kidding, his first act will be to give a huge raise to the football coach. James Crepea has the story in the Oregonian, here: Lanning signed a six-year, $29.1 million in December 2022. He earned $4.6 million in salary last season, plus $100,000 for winning nine regular season games…

Ingrate Beach Volleyball players want to take the bread from the mouths of AD Rob Mullens’s wife and kids

I blame UO’s left wing faculty for indoctrinating these Duck student-athletes with the belief that they have the right to any part of the money that AD Mullens and his coaches have earned with their own toil and sweat (and some very successful lobbying by the NCAA hiring cartel, to…

UO’s administrators spend millions on PR flacks and Around the O to puff up their careers, and the only journalists left to find out what’s really happening are the students at the Daily Emerald

Once we had regular coverage from the Oregonian and the Register Guard, but those newsrooms have been gutted and GC Kevin Reed uses fees and delays to make it difficult for any reporters left to get the public records that might reveal what’s really going on at Oregon’s flagship university.…

Here’s hoping Tim Inman gave Karl Scholz more transition info than this pablum I just paid Kevin Reed $364.54 for

7/12/2023 Dear Mr. Harbaugh, Records responsive to your request for “…all briefing materials prepared by the OtP or President’s Office and provided to Incoming President Scholz as part of his presidential transition.” can be accessed via this link. Please note that access will expire in five business days on 07/19/2023. Please note that some…

Pres Schill gives big-time college football coach slap on the wrist for tolerating sexual abuse

You thought they hired him to run a university? From The Daily Northwestern, thanks to a reader for the link: Content warning: This article contains mention of hazing, sexual assault and suicidal ideation. A former Northwestern University football player told The Daily some of the hazing conduct investigated by the…

No one at UO gives a shit about Intercollegiate Track and Field, so Hayward tickets are now free:

Free tickets to the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships! TrackTown USA is offering University of Oregon faculty, staff, and students 2 free tickets to the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships on Saturday, July 8th at Hayward Field.  Additional tickets can be purchased for $10 ($40 face value). Come seethe best athletes in the…

ChatGPT or UO’s Interim Leaders on UO’s commitment to diversity? You decide:

One of these was written for our Interim Pres and Provost by UO’s overpaid PR flacks, the other was generated in 10 seconds by ChatGPT with the prompt “Write a public statement from a university president saying that the university will maintain its commitment to diversity despite today’s SCOTUS decision…

Schill wanted to break up CAS. Under Dean Poulsen it’s adding more schools – and a Navy

Dear colleagues,  With graduation only a few days away, I want to take this moment to express my gratitude to you for a successful academic year. This year started with the welcoming of UO’s largest freshman class and will culminate with CAS graduating 2,441 undergraduate and 280 graduate students. Thank…

Dean Poulsen announces ambitious CAS climate survey response: Next year we’ll pay for some socializing and develop some plans for some mentoring.

Dear colleagues, Before we close out the spring term, I want to update you on how the college is addressing findings from the CAS Climate Survey. As a reminder, in Spring 2022 the university partnered with Gallup to conduct a workplace climate survey designed to identify structural, cultural, and institutional…

Interim Pres and Provost apologize to graduating students for screwing up their commencement

Dear University of Oregon community members, As the 2022–23 academic year comes to a close, we have much to celebrate. Foremost, we celebrate the accomplishments of our graduating students. Your education has been marked by extraordinary resilience. Completing your degree, creating impact in our community, and graduating from the University…