The Chronicle reports on the recent LA Times Op-Ed: College athletics, wrote Victoria Jackson in an explosive op-ed for the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, are the “21st century Jim Crow.” Ms. Jackson, a sports historian at Arizona State University, drew from her scholarly research and from her own experience as a Division…
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My priors are yes, yes, yes, but I’m open to debate and amendment. Live feed here: DRAFT Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake Rooms) 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. Call to Order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Chris Sinclair Update from Johnson Hall 3:30 P.M. Approval of Minutes, November…
That would be Oregon State University’s Jock Mills and his ever helpful Government Affairs Office. I have no idea what UO’s lobbyists think. Does anyone? 2018 Short Session Preview This update provides a brief preview of the 2018 legislative session including appropriations and policy bills.The 2018 legislature will convene on…
Emily Goodykoontz has a good story on the overall budget picture in the Emerald here. The meeting is tonight: Tuesday, Jan. 16, at the Tuition and Fees Advisory Board’s student forum. The roundtable meeting, aimed at discussing tuition and the school’s budget, is at 5 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom. Check…
He was coaching a basketball game instead. Michael Tobin has more on the meeting in the Emerald: On Friday, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden met with University of Oregon President Michael Schill to discuss the school’s handling of sexual violence and misconduct. The meeting was prompted by November’s exchange of letters…
Update from Banavar: Colleagues, There is no question that we all share a common goal—supporting our students and ensuring that they have the resources to be successful during their time at the University of Oregon and beyond. This week Dennis Galvan, interim vice provost and dean for undergraduate studies, announced…
Dear colleagues and friends, As I write this Open Mike, I feel the earth move under my feet. Before you get concerned that I am singing Carole King songs (she is one of my favorites) or having a nightmare about the Cascadia Subduction Zone, you should understand that just outside…
is that Prof. Harper is on it. The Faculty Club will reopen Wednesday Jan 24 (Corrected from Jan 17). Wednesdays 5-7, Thursdays 5-7, Friday 4-6.
In “Around the O“: “I strongly condemn all forms of hate speech and racism,” said Michael H. Schill, UO president and professor of law. “I am troubled by the recent reports of an uptick in both subtle and overt acts of racism on campus and in the surrounding community. I…
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that we have selected Sabrina Madison-Cannon as the next dean of the School of Music and Dance. Sabrina will be an outstanding addition to the university and you can read full details in the Around the O story [here]. Please join me in…
1/1/2018: Andrew Greif has the news here. Oderinde put 3 UO students in the hospital and kept his job for a year anyway. I’m not sure if Duck FAR Tim Gleason ever gave up the public records on his “investigation” of Oderinde. Say, I wonder if Dr. Skaggs ever got…
I don’t make up the facts, I just interpret them according to economic theory: Maybe Altman should go back to cruising the frats for more ticket buyers.
Bob Keefer has the latest on the deBachle in the Eugene Weekly, from another drip of UO public records. Apparently OBF Exec Director Janelle McCoy was keeping a dossier on Halls’ various infractions, “small and smaller”, including photos of the depraved acts that took place at the house the festival…
12/20/2017 update:
In response to my note the UO Development Office has now added SAIL to the list of “other” funds. Just go to the secure UO giving page at https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1540/foundation/2col.aspx?sid=1540&gid=1&pgid=408&cid=1095, click the “I want to view additional options” box, and you’ll get this pop-up:
Click Summer Academy to Inspire Learning, then you’ll be asked how much, contact, info, ccard info. Thank you!
12/19/2017 update:
With only 12 days left before President Grinch’s tax “reform” increases the after-tax cost of giving – drastically for most of us – now is the time to give on the cheap. Even the Duck coaches, or at least one person working for athletics, have now got into the act with a pledge to the State Employee’s Charitable Fund Drive:
If you give this way and don’t have a lot of deductions (i.e. a big mortgage) you should consider switching from a monthly payroll donation to making a one-time gift before Jan 1. The phone number is on their website here. You can pick which of a list social welfare and other charities you want to send the money too. Very easy.
That’s for UO employees giving to state and local causes. As Honest Uncle Bernie reports, giving to UO is a bit harder. I like the Duckfunder website: https://duckfunder.uoregon.edu/ It has a few active campaigns at the moment, but it’s not very good crowdfunding because it doesn’t connect donors with related causes or vice versa. Meanwhile the main UO giving site, https://giving.uoregon.edu is not even secure:
Which sort of puts you off leaving a ccard number. However, if your browser lets you get past this, you’ll eventually find the UO Foundation’s secure giving webpage at https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1540/foundation/2col.aspx?sid=1540&gid=1&pgid=408&cid=1095:
If you click on “other” you get a poorly formatted list of other funds. If you want to give to, say, SAIL, sorry, it’s not on the list. So go back and type it in yourself. The UO Foundation will mail you a nice letter on O letterhead suitable for showing to the IRS, or what’s left of it now that Trump is in charge, confirming your money will indeed go to SAIL.
12/3/2017: UO librarians crush Duck coaches $6K to $0 in Charitable Fund Drive giving
We’ve been getting a lot of these call this week. Usually I just hang up, but this time I thought I’d see if I could get them to stop calling: Me: “You’re calling from Google?” Him: “Yes. Our logs show that your computer has been hacked from a foreign country.”…