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Daily Emerald can’t confirm veracity of UO Matters’ claims about Schill’s Basketball Trustee

Emerald Story here: UO Matters, a news and opinion blog, published an email that indicated UO President Michael Schill was pitching candidates to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown at a women’s basketball game. The veracity of this email is not confirmed, but supports Schranck’s claim. This email comes from Governor Kate Brown’s public…

Unlike most AAU apparatchiks, Holden Thorp has earned the right to weigh in on free speech

Many AAU university leaders with dubious histories of support for academic freedom are now trying to get in on this bandwagon – UO President Michael Schill comes to mind. Of course I support their First Amendment right to claim whatever BS they think will help promote their careers. But Holden…

Provost Phillips announces Ducks will cancel Colorado game due to shortage of assistant coaches willing to work at current wage

Just kidding, UO pays its coaching staff whatever it takes, e.g.: On the other hand the university run Vivian Olum day care center has been cutting back on hours, and is now cancelling full days of care for the children of UO faculty and other employees, because they can’t hire…

Prov Office announces faculty will now be told about positive student Covid tests

I have no idea why they refused to do this for so long, but my guess is bad legal advice from our transparency-phobic GCO: Dear colleagues, Beginning today, Corona Corps will notify instructors if a student in your class has recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you receive a notification,…

Duck Track coach: “A good mathematician probably could be a good track coach.” Except for the fat-shaming part of the job.

Ken Goe has the story in the Oregonian here: Robert Johnson, who became UO’s track and field and cross country head coach in 2012, has guided the Ducks to 14 NCAA championships while elevating what already had been one of the sport’s premier college programs. Under Johnson the Ducks increasingly…

Gutless & Gutted Oregon Gov Ethics Commission lets president use university lawyer as his own

The Oregon Capital Chronicle has the story: Former Oregon State University President F. King Alexander won’t face any consequences for using university attorneys to respond to a probe into Louisiana State University’s handling of campus rape allegations during his tenure there.  The Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted 3-2 Friday morning…

Uncle Phil to rip out Moshofsky Center, build 130,000 sq ft indoor facility to ensure “a healthy environment for athletes, coaches and staff”

Makes sense, we all know these pandemics will continue so it’s good to hear that the UO Foundation is accepting tax-deductible contributions to provide well ventilated work-spaces for the most vulnerable unpaid workers and their coaches. Sportico’s Daniel Libit has the news here. Go Ducks! Around the 0 now has…

Another AAU university goes union

From https://pittnews.com/article/167927/featured/pitt-faculty-vote-to-form-union-by-wide-margin/ When the UO faculty voted to unionize, I think we the third AAU to do so. Pitt is now the 5th. [I think , let me know if I got that wrong.] Faculty union organizers ran on a number of issues, ranging from health benefits to academic freedom. Some…