by David Baez. Pretty informative, I thought. 10/11/2012.
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Postmortem: Given the low expectations, Gottfredson’s speech was good. He said “transparency” and “shared governance” many times. But then so did Berdahl. Still no action, of course – public records are in lockdown, thanks to the decisions of loyal trustee Dave Hubin. But today’s big loser was Randy Geller, who…
by passing the buck to an “Administrative Advisory Group”, though I suppose it’s possible he’s looking for cover to do the right thing. Last I heard Dave was still claiming that the $200 fee waiver policy he and Berdahl rescinded in May had really only been implemented by Lariviere on…
Mac Court was built in 1926. Students paid a $15 annual fee for construction, with the debt retired in 1932. At the moment it appears the PE department runs a few volleyball classes in Mac Court. Plans to convert it to academic use have gone nowhere. So why is the academic side…
(I’m talking about the guy on the left.) I’m not sure who should get the credit for inviting 1995 UO alumnus, Harvard Law graduate, and Portland mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith to give the 2012 UO commencement address, titled “You might be screwed”. But it seems they were prescient. As usual bojack gets…
Following Eugene Bicyclist @Eugenebicyclist EPD reports wok on wheels stolen. It’s a bike food cart. Call cops if you spot it!pic.twitter.com/D7UROAyx Reply Retweeted Favorite
Fourth and Fifth updates, 10/7/2012 and 10/8/2012: From: David Hubin Subject: FW: [UO Matters] New comment on (Update) Oregon Hall air quality letter. Date: October 7, 2012 5:42:32 PM PDT [UO Matters], Perhaps you are already aware of this, but your representation in UO Matters of the note I sent…
Dash Paulson has a good piece in the ODE about how Robin Holmes let the EMU renovation turn into a fiasco. Short version: ASUO president Ben Eckstein insisted on substantial student input on the committee. Robin Holmes didn’t let that happen, and the students voted against the plan and fees,…
10/7/2012: Physics Prof Steve Hsu left UO this fall, to be VP for Research at MSU. Matthew Miller of the Lansing paper has a report. Not the usual generics, it deals in part with an email sent to MSU colleagues by UO Prof Daniel HoSang about Hsu’s views and research on…
10/7/2012: The explanation for Friday night’s shooting at the University of South Alabama is still unknown, but it seems likely the student would still be alive if not for the fact that the campus officer was armed. And we’ve posted before about an earlier campus shooting at the University of…
From Diane Dietz in the RG on the proposed bill. Read it all, if just for the insulting Matt Donegan quotes. 10/5/2012.
Just kidding, they’ve already blown it all on raises for themselves – and I don’t mean for the players. Rob Moseley has half the story here. 10/4/2012.
10/3/2012: I can think of many ways the $1 million or so cost of the conversion to sworn (and apparently soon to armed) police could have been better spent. But apparently our administrators cannot. This letter to Pres Gottfredson is posted with permission of the sender: Dear President Gottfredson I…
While UO’s Interim Provost Jim Bean is famously confused about how many Non-Tenure Track teaching faculty UO has, it’s clear they have a large and increasing role here and everywhere. Here’s an excellent story in InsideHigherEd about the costs and benefits of that. 10/3/2012.