5/20/2013: I’m guessing these emails about legislation for a UO Board of trustees – a matter of legitimate public interest to many in the state – are now well past their sell-by date, hence the discount. The Register-Guard originally requested them 10 weeks ago: From: Bill Harbaugh Subject: Re: PR request…
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5/20/2013: They are making UO parking operations pay nearly $1M a year towards the bonds for the underground Matt Court Arena parking garage – meaning the cost gets tacked on to the fees every UO parking pass holder must pay. And then they earn $370K a year, presumably from game…
5/20/2013: Tim Black will move to development. Rikhoff has been Director of Community Relations for the last few years. In other rumors Andrew Marcus will move from CAS Soc Sci Dean to Interim CAS Dean while Coltrane serves as Interim Provost. Still no rumors nothing solid on who will replace Randy Geller and…
5/19/2013: You can’t make this shit up. Rachel Bachman has the story in the WSJ on PAC-12 commissioner Larry Scott’s earnings: Scott took home a $1,376,000 bonus in addition to a base salary of $1,575,000 and other compensation of $71,462. … Scott said that owning its networks helps the Pac-12 “drive…
5/19/13: From http://ous.edu/state_board/meeting/dockets, the March 31 Quarterly Management Report. Free UO Matters coffee cup to UO Controller Kelly Wolf if he will explain the extra $99M in income that popped up this year. Anyway, it looks like reserves were up again last quarter. In March Moffitt walked out on the faculty…
5/19/2013: As part of Robin Holmes’s 5-year Administrative review, she will be giving a campus-wide presentation Wednesday, May 29 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Gerlinger Lounge. Presumably she’ll be taking questions, maybe even answering them.
5/11/2013: Senate Elections – log in to Duckweb to vote. Elections close Friday May 17.Given the developing disaster over Gottfredson’s refusal to engage with the faculty about shared governance, this election will be pretty important. Get your votes in. Candidate list below: University Senate – Social Sciences (vote for no…
5/17/2013: It sure looks that way to me, and Lane County Registrar Cheryl Betschart has asked him for an explanation. You remember Pernsteiner, right? Last time I asked this question Pernsteiner had his lawyer, Bill Gary of HLGR, send this response to the registrar, claiming Pernsteiner intended to return to…
5/17/3013 Update:The Ways and Means subcommittee meeting is scheduled for 8:30 AM, Salem, Thursday the 23rd. One last chance to let your legislators know how you feel about this power grab. 5/16/2013: Whoops, the video of President Kyr and Peter Keyes, and the resolution below, are from November 2011, at the…
5/16/2013: Dear colleagues: I invite you to a presentation by Dr. Dennis Galvan, who is a finalist for the position of Vice Provost for International Affairs. Dr. Galvan’s application materials (letter and cv) will be available for your review on Monday, May 20, at http://provost.uoregon.edu/content/vice-provost-international-affairs-finalists. He will give his public presentation…
5/16/2013: Presumably Randy Geller is getting competent legal advice somewhere. Frohnmayer wrote the original version. And if it’s HLGR it would help explain Rudnick’s bargaining table outbursts about keeping shared governance out of the contract. HLGR wrote the Nike tax relief bill that Kitzhaber pushed through in special session, so…
Insidehighered, here. 5/16/2013.
Tuesday’s fire in the Hamilton Complex’s Dunn Hall was an accident caused by mop heads catching on fire, investigators have confirmed. 5/15/2013.
5/14/2013: NYT discussion on the upcoming SCOTUS decision on racial preferences in college admissions, and income targeted alternatives, here.
5/14/2013: Sexual assaults by University of Montana football players lead the DOJ and DOE to require all universities to ban free speech about sex, as harassment. The DOJ report states: A former University student informed the University that she had not reported being assaulted when she was a student because…