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,…
UO Matters
8/9/2013: From an extensive interview with Larry Scott by former UO student Allie Grasgreen, in IHE: There’s obviously already a big concern, especially among the academics we write for, about the escalation of spending and the so-called arms race, and Oregon’s new football building is a good example of that.…
8/9/2013: In the NYT. The Opry never let her sing the 1972 song she really earned it for – here’s a version from 1995:
8/8/2013: Colleagues: It is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of Terry L. Hunt as Dean of the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. Terry comes to us from Hawaii, where he served as the Director of the University of Hawai`i Honors Program with responsibility…
8/7/2013: From Reuters: … It said it was charged “arbitrary and excessive” fees to find the records and told further fees would be assessed for lawyers to review and segregate the records before release, the union said in a statement on Wednesday. The lawsuit, filed on July 25 in Multnomah County…
8/7/2013: Want to get a copy of the Duck game contracts? Less than 24 hours turnaround, and no fee: Nicholls State Game ContractRequester: Stites, SamOrganization: Register GuardInitial Request Date: 08/06/2013Status: Records ProvidedRequest Completion Date: 08/06/2013a request for the “football game contract” or other similar document or documents between the University…
8/6/2013: This is unacceptable! But don’t worry, former UO law professor Jim O’Fallon and his NCAA Committee on Infractions are on the case. In the past they’ve made unpaid student-athletes repay these sorts of ill-gotten gains. Still no word on how much Rob Mullens and President Gottfredson made Chip Kelly pay…
8/6/2013: It now takes months and hundreds of dollars to get public records from UO. OUS is quicker, but often no cheaper. Both adjust their pace to the politics. And apparently Gottfredson’s performance has now become a political issue for OUS. I sent OUS a follow-up request for information about…
8/5/2013: Joe Mosley has a write-up in “Around the O”.
8/5/2013: Jeff Mapes has the story in the Oregonian: A Salem judge has ruled that Local 503 of the Service Employees International Union has violated the state’s nonprofit laws by failing to hold annual membership meetings, withholding certain records from members and improperly trying to change its corporate structure. The…
8/4/2013. From Harry Esteve in the Oregonian. 1.5% then 2% ATB, plus annual 4.5% steps for those who haven’t topped out. Plus an end to the furloughs for a onetime increase of about 5%, though of course less time off. The contract for UO staff is separate, and SEIU is still…
8/3/2013: From the comments, a petition to keep Frohnmayer and Knight off the UO Board: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/keep-phil-knight-and.fb28?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=18742128/2/2013: Sounds like he got chewed out by Kitzhaber’s office, over the process UO used to select nominees for the board. Other than that his email is the usual drivel. If you want substance watch Ed…
8/1/2013 update: That was back in April, for the Jan, Feb and March invoices. Now UO is stonewalling again. Almost 2 months since I asked Dave Hubin and Randy Geller for the April, May, and June invoices for Rudnick, and the other firms advising the admin bargaining team. The DOJ…
8/1/2013, 10am-4pm, room 122 Knight Library Your Guarantee of Truthiness: All UO Matters bargaining posts are publicly fact-checked by Geller and Rudnick’s secret team of well paid consultants. Their latest fact-check is here, and if you pay Dave Hubin $285.98 he’ll even tell you who wrote it. Disclaimer: My opinion of what people said or were thinking…
7/31/2013, Wednesday: 9am-2pm Thursday: 10am-4pm Your Guarantee of Truthiness: All UO Matters bargaining posts are publicly fact-checked by Geller and Rudnick’s secret team of well paid consultants. Their latest fact-check is here, and if you pay Dave Hubin $285.98 he’ll even tell you who wrote it. Disclaimer: My opinion of what people said or were thinking but…