11/20/2011: People have been sending me a lot of pictures and videos of the UC-Davis Campus Police assaulting the “Occupy” students with pepper spray. I don’t know the details so I’m not going to comment on what happened or whether or not Chancellor Katehi should go, though obviously the cop…
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11/18/2011: “NCAA says it will examine how Penn State has handled scandal.” From the enablers on the NCAA Infractions Committee: *Eligible for reappointment Division Committee Positions Title Name & Institution Conference TermExpiration 0 Member Attorney John Black Independent SEP 2014* 0 Member Partner Roscoe Howard Andrews Kurth LLP Independent…
11/28/2011: The fate of President Richard Lariviere, of his New Partnership, and of UO as a serious research university is up in the air. Path A is control by OUS Chancellor Pernsteiner, followed by gradual but inevitable descent into mediocrity. Path B is Lariviere’s New Partnership, followed by a big…
11/17/2011: Greg Bolt of the RG has a comprehensive story on the administration’s plans for EMU expansion. VP Robin Holmes has proposed a Cadillac prestige project packed with expensive goodies – a swimming pool? Hot tubs? ASUO Pres Ben Eckstein – representing the students who will pay the bill –…
led investigators to look into the question of a Penn State cover-up in the Sandusky case.” From the latest NYT story.
11/17/2011: Here at UO Matters our sports editors focus on the highly effective strategies that UO Athletic Director Rob Mullens and his “Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director for Finance and Administration” Jamie Moffitt have been using to squeeze every last dime from UO students and the academic side, to pay…
11/16/2011: The UO students are starting to ask some serious questions about athletic department finances. For example, why does the athletic department get $375,000 from the academic side for the “President’s Box” at Autzen? (Update: I’ve revised this post after UO spokesperson Phil Weiler told KEZI the Autzen money comes…
11/14/2011: That would be the President of UO’s student government, Ben Eckstein. He’s backed up by Ben Bowman, chair of the student Athletics and Contracts Finance Committee. From the excellent ODE story by Rockne Andrew Roll: The ASUO Executive and the Athletics and Contracts Finance Committee are sending a message…
10/14/2011: We’ve had a few posts about conflicts between VP for Students Robin Holmes and the students. Both now seem resolved, at least temporarily. Franklin Bains has a long story in the ODE on EMU referendum: The meat of this negotiation was a line-by-line hashing out where Eckstein would read…
11/14/2011: Moody’s reports that Penn State bonds will be reviewed for non-repayment risk, because of the Coach Sandusky child rape scandal: New York, November 11, 2011 — Moody’s Investors Service has placed the Aa1 revenue bond rating of Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) on review for possible downgrade to assess…
11/12/2011: There are all sorts of conspiracy theories floating around campus as to why Frances Dyke would double UO spending on DPS, then get Floyd Prozanski to convince the legislature to grant them authority as sworn police officers. I figured this was about money – Doug Tripp gets a raise,…
11/12/2011: We wrote about this possibility back in August. Now it seems to have happened. This new IMDB from the 11/4/2011 OUS Board meeting will leave President Lariviere unable to obtain legal advice from anyone other than attorneys appointed and monitored by Pernsteiner. Read it all. Not only does it…
11/11/2011: The NCAA investigation of the Kelly / Lyles deal is winding down. Many people expect a settlement this month. Maybe. One likely outcome is self-punishment: UO agrees to limits on players, gives up a bowl game, and pays a fine. Where would the money come from? Kelly’s contract is…
11/10/2011: I missed the Senate meeting. Sam Stites of the ODE has a roundup, here. Comments welcome.
11/10/2011 Update: The ODE reports the student leadership have agreed to a plan on the EMU referendum, which they will present to VP Holmes today. 11/9/2011: The UO administration is going after ASUO President Ben Eckstein because he went to the OUS board and got them to agree that UO…