11/4/2013 goat update: “Other professional services.” You gotta love OSU. From their Oregon Transparency expenditure report: 11/3/13: UO Goat Wranglers report – raises and retroactive payments will be in the Nov and Jan paychecks: (from the admin fact-check site): Implementing the salary provisions of the contract is one of the…
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11/3/13: Alan Brettman of the Oregonian has the story: The University of Oregon is exploring the creation of a sporting goods product-management program at its Portland campus, addressing what officials believe is a glaring need for the footwear and apparel-dominated local industry. Ellen Schmidt-Devlin, who worked for nearly three decades…
11/2/2013: When the Dalai Lama came to speak at UO this spring, I was told by several Chinese undergraduates that they were afraid to go, because they believed that the Chinese government had informers among the students, who would report them. One said he would go anyway, but only because…
Update: 10/31/13: State auditors ask UO to seek repayment from former Provost Bean, over $244K pay for a job with no job description or AA compliant search. Nah, just kidding. Those rules are for the little people. Former Interim Provost Jim Bean hasn’t had to repay anything – he’s getting more…
10/31/13: Like a fool, I upgraded to Mavericks last week. Lots of problems using apple mail with gmail. I’ve gone through the suggested fixes, still having trouble. If you are having similar problems, I suggest calling UO’s General Counsel Randy Geller‘s helpline at 541-346-3082, since he thinks UO should own everything…
10/29/13: In the Oregonian: I remember walking in from fall camp practice and talking to my teammates about how similar our lives were to the TV series Spartacus. We were slaves. We were paid enough to live, eat, and train… And nothing more. We went out on the field where…
10/29/2013: Dear Colleagues, This week, nominees to the University of Oregon’s new Board of Trustees—the institutional governing board recently established by the Oregon Legislature—will visit our campus for an orientation workshop. It is one of many opportunities our new trustees will have to become broadly knowledgeable about the university and…
10/29/13: You thought it was a little petty for the UO administration to buy off the faculty union with $350 in goat money? The Cleveland State law school decided to give the union organizers there $666 raises. The union has filed a compliant: “In effect Dean Boise has called AAUP’s…
10/29/2013: That would be SMU, back in the free-market 1980’s: The NCAA cartel came down hard on them, since every dollar going to a player is a dollar that won’t go them, the athletic directors and coaches, and Faculty Athletics Representatives like UO’s Jim O’Fallon. But now the NCAA is…
10/29/2013: The UO Breakfast for Diversity Champions on October 31, 2013, will feature UO President Michael Gottfredson and Expert-in-Residence Dr. A.T. Miller, Associate Vice Provost, Cornell University. President Gottfredson will charge the university community in preparation for the next strategic planning process, … In the past UO has spent its diversity money on…
10/28/13: Intercollegiate Athletics Committee retreat: In the absence of formal minutes from the meeting, I’m posting a brief summary. The agenda for the retreat, held Tuesday 10/22, was set by IAC Chair Rob Illig (Law) as follows: 3:00 – 3:15 – IAC Chair Rob Illig leads introductions3:15 – 3:30 – Senate…
10/27/2013: The Chronicle has the details. The plan is to make more sports part of the entry price to a new top-level football division, thereby diverting the new media money to athletics before the academic side gets it and spends it on the universities’ academic mission.
10/25/2013: The NYT has the story.
10/24/2013: Duck PR flack Rob Moseley has the story – a pretty good one – with some insight into the effort it takes to turn an athletic scholarship into an actual education.
10/23/2013: Very sad. Duck football player Colt Lyerla was suspended from the team on Oct 5 for “violating team rules”, then he announced on Oct 6 he was leaving for personal reasons. Today he was arrested by Eugene police for cocaine possession. Did UO’s new random drug testing program detect his use? Did…