12/8/2015: Don’t cry for our old friends at Harrang, Long, Gary and Rudnick. They’re still getting their share of billable hours from the long list of law firms making bank off UO’s legal troubles. This is just October: But HLGR was unable to stop the OPBE from proposing a $5K fine for UO Counseling Director Shelly Kerr over…
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This is from 538, here, citing TheDemands.org: The most common demands, according to our analysis, have been for schools to increase the diversity of professors, offer sensitivity training to students and faculty members, and create or expand support for cultural centers on campus. The demands at more than a quarter of…
6/24/2019: At least they’ve stoped claiming they are faculty: https://publicrecords.uoregon.edu/content/contracts-and-compensation-2 Requester: Berkowitz, Steve Organization: USA Today Initial Request Date: 06/17/2019 Status: Awaiting Payment from Requester Request Completion Date: Pursuant to the applicable open-records law(s), I am requesting copies of the following: The current contract for head football coach, including all…
Update: It seems UO did not give Lego Guy the drawings, since the architect held the copyright. I’m surprised, this sure seems like fair use. 12/7/2015: If you want public records to build a Lego model of Autzen stadium, UO’s public records office is there to help: But if you’re looking for something…
Having a hard time finding a parking spot on campus, despite your $420 parking fee? Not a problem for the Duck athletic nomenklatura. They get free parking in the Jock Box parking lot: Here’s the list of beneficiaries: Eric Roedl, Craig Pintens, – wait, Tim Gleason’s not on the list? The MOU…
Look, we all know those BOT meetings drag on, and organic chemistry makes way more sense after a few drinks. But Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum? Someday this student will thank his professor for calling the cops: From the Marin Independent Journal: Should a drunken snooze during a college class be a criminal matter?…
Some highlights so far: UO has a lobbying effort underway to support Track Town’s efforts to get ~$30M in state money for the scandal-ridden 2021 IAAF track championships. To put this in perspective, UO gets about $60M a year from the state for academics. The claim is made that this $30M will…
BBC report here. Meanwhile the race is on for evidence of similar behavior by IAAF track and field officials.
No, of course I’m not talking about the UO Board of Trustees and Nike’s low-ball no-bid contract with the Ducks. I’m talking about Eugene School Board, which shopped the original Nike bid around, got a better offer from adidas, and then used that to get more money from Nike. RG story here.…
The history of the Treetops mansion at 2237 Spring Blvd is fascinating. It was built for Alton Hampton (Hampton Brothers Department Store) and his wife Maude. It was announced as a project in 1907 and work began in 1908 by Archie Terrell and Lawrence Hunter, prominent local builders. At 8,000 sq…
Synopsis: The UO Senate: a) voted to let the Faculty Advisory Council keep having its confidential meetings with the President, b) sent a warning shot across the bow of UOPD Chief Carolyn McDermed on community policing (rumor has it that McDermed will be leaving in June), and c) had a successful meet…
The RG’s Diane Dietz has a good prequel, here: A proposal to offer students guaranteed tuition for four years, a plan for upgrading residence halls and a roundtable discussion on race relations are on the agenda when the University of Oregon Board of Trustees meets Wednesday and Thursday in Eugene.…
about SAIL’s recently concluded crowdfunding campaign, and explains the process for starting your own UO Advancement approved “Duckfunder campaign”, By Greg Bolt, here. SAIL raised $17,500, and after the match that’s $35,000. You can still give to SAIL (and still get it matched by a very generous alumni donor) by going to https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1540/foundation/2col.aspx?sid=1540&gid=1&pgid=408&cid=1095 and entering “For…
InsideHigherEd has the full report, here. Worth reading it all: How transparent should a public university governing board be? Politicians in a number of states, who often say they’re responding to concerns from constituents, have been calling for appointed or elected governing boards of their public colleges, universities and systems…
11/30/2015: The data is from a discussion on InsideHigherEd, here: … How realistic are these goals? Penn proves informative. Even with its prestige and an arsenal of cash, progress has been steady but relatively slow — at least compared to the Mizzou timeline. Between 2011 and 2013, the percentage of…