8/16/2013 update: The good governor’s nominations are due Monday. Jonathan Cooper has the story for the AP, in the RG. The official version is that they decided to withdraw their names from Gottfredson’s bizarre 50 person list of nominees. We are supposed to believe that President Gottfredson neglected to get their permission…
UO Matters
8/16/2013: That’s the usual explanation for liking people on your LinkedIn profile:
8/15/2013: That would be the president of NYU. NY Times reporter Ariel Kaminer dismisses prior claims by the chairman of their Board of Trustees Martin Lipton that this had nothing to do with faculty discontent, and gets to the heart of the matter, namely the effect on NYU’s bond rating: New…
8/19/2013 update: But as a helpful commentator points out, it’s not so easy to hide things these days: http://web.archive.org/web/20130117022444/http://admissions.uoregon.edu/news/storming-the-fiesta-bowl8/15/2013 update: Admissions has now hidden the Fiesta Bowl junket photos: But you can still watch Roger Thompson brag about how UO brought the entire UO administration on the all-expense paid trip, here…
8/15/2013: ODE reporter CJ Ciamarella cut his teeth on Duck athletics scandals, now he’s working in DC, reporting on the EPA.
8/5/2013 update: Word around the faculty club poker table is that Gottfredson has doubled down on his Espy bet. Should I call or raise?7/12/2013 update: Sorry, very sorry. Alabama has just announced the search failed, and they’re keeping their interim Provost on for another 18-24 months instead. Maybe Nebraska will take…
8/15/2013: Refreshingly open, transparent, and even updated in real-time: Oh wait, sorry, that’s for Oregon State. If you’re curious about research activity at UO, you’ll have to wade through a bunch of outdated pdf’s, here. Or you could make a public records request to UO for emails on our AAU…
8/14/2013 update: Oregon’s public record situation is also worse than Lousiana’s: A Louisiana university was found in contempt of court Wednesday for its failure to produce records related to its recent presidential search. The order of contempt — and $500 per day fine that accompanied it — is the latest in a…
8/14/2013: I will be very surprised if Oregon’s public records law actually allows UO to completely redact the job assignment for an employee receiving an $192,278 salary, at an 0.55 FTE: Full pdf here. While “The University” refuses to give faculty modest child-care allowances for attending talks and dinners with…
8/14/2013 update: Finally got one page from Geller’s office on HLGR billing issues, in which Rudnick’s firm promises to be more vigilant in the future. 6/23/2013. Surely someone in Randy Geller’s GC office has responsibility for looking over the billable hours, checking productivity, asking questions about the inevitable little mistakes…
8/13/2013: Priceless. Watch Rob Mullens’s “Duck, Duck, Money” video interview with CNBC here.
8/13/2013: Just kidding, that’s how much Athletic Director Rob Mullens is paying the Nicholls State University Colonels football team to show up in Autzen and lose to the Ducks, 4 weeks before the UO students even show up for classes. Vegas has Oregon by 51 points. College sports at its…
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8/12/2013 update: The Daily Emerald is trying to use Dave Hubin’s public records office to get to the bottom of things: Strategic Communication emails Requester: Crump, JakeOrganization: Oregon Daily EmeraldInitial Request Date: 08/12/2013 Status: Requesting/Reviewing Records To view any and all emails dated Aug. 1 through Aug. 11, between UO…
8/11/2013: Knight’s embarrassingly gaudy tax-deductible football “Sweat Shop” has become an instant national joke. The letters and comments in the local papers are also running heavily in the “WTF?” direction. Today RG columnist Bob Welch tries to make some sense of it: … Allow me, then, amid flashing light sabers,…