It’s a public meeting. From the Senate calendar: Committee charge and membership here.
UO Matters
You don’t have to be an economist to figure out what will happen to the quantity of political corruption in Oregon without the oversight that these reporters have provided. Nigel Jaquiss of WWeek has the bad news, here: Metro columnist Steve Duin, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Read, senior political reporter…
Great news from “Around the O”! This promises a drastic improvement in public records response time, and big reductions in the delays and fees the university uses to discourage the public from getting information. While Public Records Director Lisa Thornton can be extremely efficient when it’s helpful to Johnson Hall, e.g.…
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…
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.…