10/15/2013: Great news from the RG for UO and the library. Pres Gottfredson fronted $1M to make it happen. Hard to imagine a more interesting or important collection. I have to point out that Kesey couldn’t make it as UO faculty these days, what with our administration’s new Drug and Alcohol policy.
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Update: To clarify my original headline “Journalism Dean Tim Gleason replaced unexpectedly with Julie Newton”, while it was common knowledge Gleason would step down, I didn’t expect him to do so until a permanent Dean was hired. See the June ODE story here: Jim Bean restarts search for a new…
10/14/13: 300 baud, full duplex. Dial-up pool info here. 10/13/13: During the union bargaining Jamie Moffitt said the faculty would have to choose between raises to get us to our comparators, or wifi. Seems like we got neither. The RG has a great photo, and details from Diane Dietz: Capacity is…
10/14/2013 update: That would be President Hassan Rouhani of Iran. The Chronicle has the story.9/16/2013 update: InsideHigherEd reports on UO Academic Freedom fight UO’s free speech fight has gone global. Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed broke the story on Thursday, then CUNY’s Cory Robin posted his take on his blog and on the popular Crooked Timber (tagline:…
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10/14/2013: Those who sat through the Lariviere firing meeting up in Portland will remember the gutless Jim Francesconi filing into the bathroom with Pernsteiner to do the deed in secret. He now sees his main chance in the resignation of Jeff Cogen after a sex scandal. In the announcement, Francesconi…
10/13/13: The Oregonian has the details. I wouldn’t worry though, the elasticity of supply seems quite high.
That would be Duck President Mike Gottfredson, in dollars of pay per $1M of university revenue, compared to Husky President Mike Young: The Husky faculty, on the other hand, took the Ducks by 13 points:
10/12/2013: The Duck AD tells OUS its financial picture is dramatically better than forecast, due to increased revenue and the savings from Helfrich’s contract relative to Kelly: But still no substantive response from President Gottfredson on the Senate resolution calling for an end to athletic subsidies. In fact it looks…
But not the retroactive 2012 and 2013 raises the faculty union negotiated. This just ain’t right, everyone deserves a goat! 10/12/13 update: A reader points out that the OAs got the goat back in October, back when Gottfredson’s lawyers Randy Geller and Sharon Rudnick were claiming he couldn’t give the…
10/11/13: From USA Today:
10/10/2013: The latest from our President’s official website: http://president.uoregon.edu/content/access-and-quality-sustaining-higher-education-oregons-public-interest As we stand at the threshold of this exciting reform, I see a bold path forward. If you had told me a year ago, when I first arrived at the University of Oregon, that today we would be this far along this…
10/10/2013: From a UAUO announcement: Call for Nominations As specified in the UAUO Constitution, an election to establish leadership for United Academics will be held this term. All union members are eligible to run for office and to vote. The union-wide officer positions are: President Executive Vice President Secretary Treasurer…
As usual, it’s all about the price: 6% of Oregonians have a concealed carry permit, which costs $65.1.5% have a medical marijuana card, which costs $200. Don’t worry, the Oregon Health Plan has just announced a discount for people on food stamps – now just $60. That’s for pot, not guns. But…