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UO therapists allege administrators acted illegally in basketball case

By uomatters on 02/10/2015

Update: Dahlia Bazzaz reports in the Emerald that UO may not have violated FERPA – just the laws of decency and common sense – by snooping around in this student’s counseling records, looking for information they could use against her in a lawsuit.

A lawsuit which she brought after having been (allegedly) gang raped by three members of UO’s basketball team, including one whom Coach Dana Altman had brought to campus despite (allegedly) knowing that he had a history of sexual assault.

Update: The Huffington Post has more, including the letter, which calls out the UO General Counsel’s office for special attention:

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State HECC to examine whether UO Board is transparent and accountable?

By uomatters on 02/10/2015

6/23/2015 update: Oregon Law says: PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES WITH A GOVERNING BOARD       352.025 Legislative findings. (1) The Legislative Assembly finds that the State of Oregon will benefit from having public universities with governing boards that: (a) Provide transparency, public accountability and support for the university. (b) Are close to and…

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Parker Executive Search execs Wilder & Williams to answer questions

By uomatters on 02/09/2015

2/9/2015 reminder: Two of the Parker principals, Laurie C. Wilder, President, and Porsha L. Williams, Vice President, will be on campus Wednesday to answer questions about the Presidential Search:

9-10 in the Law School’s 4th floor Lewis Lounge room, then 3-4 at the Senate meeting.

Lewis Lounge holds about 40, so if you get there early please save me a seat.

This search has been in trouble since the day Chuck Lillis and Angela Wilhelms snuck a motion by the board giving Lillis sole authority to pick one finalist. We’ll see if Parker can explain the plan to save it.

2/6/2014:  The New York Times has a story on a problematic previous search by this firm, for Rutgers, here.

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Coltrane stalling on sexual violence reforms?

By uomatters on 02/09/2015

With the lawsuit over the alleged basketball rapes picking up steam, Johnson Hall is in a dicey situation regarding allegations they’ve been mishandling sexual assaults. Changes in procedures might imply that there was something wrong with the old procedures and increase liability. Sure enough, it seems like not much is changing. From Scott Greenstone and…

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Gov Kitzhaber and Cylvia Hayes caught in Gross National Happiness scam

By uomatters on 02/06/2015

Seriously? Oregon has managed to corrupt the idea of a Gross National Happiness measure? Why can’t our politicians stick to sleazy construction deals and garbage contracts, like the rest of the world does? The Oregonian reports that state bureaucrats are now releasing incriminating public records with abandon, trying to save…

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LibraryGate: What did Doug Park hire Hershner Hunter to investigate?

By uomatters on 02/06/2015

Dave Hubin’s Public Records Office doesn’t seem to want to make that public. So I’ve cced Doug Park on the followup. We’ll see if he’ll oblige. Surely Doug Park and Doug Blandy were careful to put the terms for an important investigation like this in writing. Right? Or were they so afraid that…

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GradGate: Senate to investigate graduate fellowship cuts, missing $11M

By uomatters on 02/05/2015

2/5/2015 update: A reader passes along this Brad Shelton powerpoint, which among other things documents the $1.5M Moffitt to Moffitt transfer: The bottom line though, is that there’s plenty of water in the well. Or at least that’s what Brad Shelton was telling UO’s academic deans in September: I wonder…

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UO professor goes rogue, posts confidential presidential archives on internet

By uomatters on 02/03/2015

Alea iacta est. I’m posting it all, despite the threats from VPAA Doug Blandy and Barbara Altmann, the claim of Interim President Scott Coltrane that this is unlawful, and the protests of Interim Provost Frances Bronet that it is immoral. I am not saying how I got these archives, and…

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