12/28/2011: Former ASUO Pres and current UO Law Student Sam Dotters-Katz has started a group to promote UO independence by encouraging the legislature to give UO authority to have its own governing board. As you know, President Lariviere’s contract was prematurely terminated last month by the OUS Board. Our President’s…
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12/28/2011: Word around the Oregon Hall water cooler is that at least one key administrator will be leaving UO soon for a substantial promotion at another AAU school, and that others are looking more locally. Hardly surprising, given the administrative disarray and the weird internal politics of this place. Berdahl…
12/28/2011: Not state appropriations – so student tuition? It’s all fungible anyway. I like that clause for spouse and dependent children. Our administrators are quite thorough when it comes to nailing down their perks. Go Ducks! Full contract here. She gets a free car, just like Bean – and…
12/28/2011: Pernsteiner has been consulting with Senate President Kyr and acting Provost Lorraine Davis (WTF?) on names. It will be a closed search, so it’s important the committee include people the faculty trusts. There will be 15 or so people, 5 faculty. Pernsteiner gets the final pick, probably early next…
12/27/2011: You know you’ve got a problem when the journalists at Business Week start using your industry as the new example of how money corrupts, instead of Bernie Madoff. Their review article covers Penn State and explains how the academic side can become dependent on football money, then get co-opted…
12/26/2011: Download here. News piece here. Sunshine as Disinfectant: The Effect of State Freedom of Information Act Laws on Public Corruption Adriana S. Cordis and Patrick L. Warren August 2, 2011 Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of open government provisions on public corruption in the United States. Specifically, it…
12/24/2011: Rob, please stop maxing out our Visa card on presents like this – you’re bankrupting us. We’re still trying to get him to show us the contract, but basically athletic director Rob Mullens agreed to accept 60 seconds of air-time during the UO-UCLA broadcast for this FOX produced ad,…
from the law professors at the The Volokh Conspiracy: I’m pleased to report that our local counsel, Benjamin Souede of Angeli Law Group LLC, and I will be representing the defendant blogger in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox (D. Or.); we will be filing a motion for new trial,…
Progress of sorts, but Rob Mullens is still laughing all the way to Jamie Moffitt’s bank, using the academic side’s money to pay the athletic department’s bills. From: Rob Mullens Subject: iac2011-12: Apology Date: December 23, 2011 10:49:50 AM [email protected]> Glen, Good morning. The Athletic Department understands the critical role…
12/22/2011: Does anyone know a good place to get the springs on some old chairs repaired, and maybe new fabric?
is the rumor down at the faculty club. Comment or email [email protected] if you know more.
12/22/2011: Now it’s in Time too: Oregon parents, beware: the Ducks are 11-2 this season, and playing in the Jan. 2 Rose Bowl against the University of Wisconsin, the sixth-best party school in the nation according to Playboy (in 2010, the Badgers ranked third). For transcripts, this game might be…
“Navy fire controlmen”. Of course. Plus this. Damn I love this country.