Follow links for application materials. For more info see the UO Police Department website: Tuesday, July 12 — James Miyashiro, Senior Director of Safety Operations, University of LaVerne (LaVerne, Calif.): Public forums include a student session from 11-11:50 a.m., a public presentation and Q & A from 2:30-3:30 p.m. open to all,…
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I’m no classics professor, but the Greeks had a word for people who could run fast, jump high, and throw far. That word was heroes. Of course that word doesn’t mean what Tracktown thinks it means: μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆοςοὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί’ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε’ ἔθηκεν Greek heroes were also known for their…
Dan Bernstein has the report for CBS here.
Time for the Oregon Tourism Commission to rethink where to spend that $25M in new hotel tax revenue? The jocks almost tied in 2012, but the doping and IAAF scandals have taken their toll. Meanwhile the Bach Festival aficionados are a no-show when it comes to on-line impact. Google Trends data on…
The NYT has the story here.
yet. Which should be good news for this year’s enrollment, given this InsideHigherEd report on the negative effects of campus scandals on undergraduate applications here: Scandals on college campuses — whether related to sexual assault, hazing or other crimes — have made headlines in recent years. A new working paper suggests…
7/7/2016 update: At some point you know the Ducks are going to have to do the same. It’s inevitable. Meanwhile CNN has the story on Baylor here. Of course it’s not just the athletes – see Lindo et al.: 6/24/2016 update: Riley’s footballers hear from Brenda Tracy, OSU rape survivor,…
The RG has a long article on the Bias Response Team here, explaining the history of its formation under Dave Frohnmayer along with some details of the current controversy over campus BRT’s and academic freedom. Frohnmayer was especially sensitive on racial issues, having recently lost a case over discriminatory hiring of JH administrators. The RG story on…
I assume the GTFF website will be updated soon. Meanwhile Diane Dietz has the story in the RG here: UO President Michael Schill, in his year-in-review in June, said he was pleased with the year’s quick settlements with United Academics and the Service Employees International Union. Schill’s initiatives to build the…
It’s been a pretty good one. Andrew Theen’s story in the Oregonian captures some of it, starting with the Roundup: Two months into his tenure as University of Oregon president, Michael Schill was far from home in just about every way possible, in a pair of borrowed boots and head swimming underneath…
Christian Hill has the story in the RG: City budget writers have put the brakes on a proposal by Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz to allot $500,000 in the coming budget year toward Eugene’s preparations for the 2021 IAAF World Championships. The budget that the City Council adopted this week puts…
You don’t think? The job ad is here: Ensures compliance with state & fed law in regards to existing policies Coordinate and consult with University offices, departments, units and programs regarding their records management compliance issues (litigation, public records requests, audits, records retention scheduling, essential records scheduling and similar services); Candidates…
6/28/2016: UO gets $6M from Marin Community Foundation to endow family counseling and speech clinic. Andrew Theen has the good news in the Oregonian: “Our long-term vision is to expand the college’s clinic and capabilities to become the educational and social-services equivalent of a modern teaching hospital,” UO President Michael Schill said…
The UO BOT does not post videos of the board meetings – so UO Matters operatives will do it for them. More to come. (Links fixed, thanks.) Randy Sullivan’s farewell speech to the Board: “Six Myths the UO Trustees believe about the University Senate” starts at https://youtu.be/qn1T21TlS_0?t=2h8m2s Faculty Union President Michael Dreiling…
although you could argue Ken Starr was not a hard test. And the devil paid his debt: in return for ignoring a string of rapes by “student-athletes”, Starr gets lifetime tenure as a law school professor. Not bad for a small-town preacher’s son.