You can’t make this shit up. Chelsea Gorrow has the story in the RG.
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Please consider posting your comments on the Senate blog here, rather than on UOM. Thanks. Dear University of Oregon community, Like many universities throughout the nation, the University of Oregon is actively engaging in issues of diversity and inclusion on campus and using them as an opportunity for debate, learning,…
Update: Coaches let coaches get blotto and drive drunk, and our athletic director is cool with that. Austin Meek has the news in the RG. From Andrew Theen in the Oregonian: The school president, who has said previously that he hadn’t set foot on a football field until arriving in Eugene, said he…
I’m not sure if these are “faculty only”. I doubt they’d kick out non-faculty though. Chief Information Officer Candidates for the vice provost and chief information officer will visit campus during the month of January. Information for each candidate will be posted in advance of their visit. Candidate A: January…
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…
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,…
Full disclosure: I went to this exhibit, it is awesome and full of the unexpected. Bob Keefer has a review here:
The Emerald has the story here. Views differ: Greg Bryant, who works in IT, felt that an internal discussion, instead of hiring investigators, would have worked just as well. “These [IT workers] are people who have been here for decades. They’ve solved problems all the time, and they have all…
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.