defamatory USA Today story on yesterday’s congressional hearing comparing them to the NCAA: “(The NCAA) is one of the most vicious, most ruthless organizations ever created by mankind,” (US Congressman from Illinois) Rush said. “I think you would compare the NCAA to Al Capone and to the mafia. “It’s a…
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11/1/2011: Word down by the Duck Pond is that the Occupy Eugene folks are going to take Chancellor Pernsteiner up on his gracious offer to host the whole movement at his official state owned mansion, Treetops, at 2237 Spring Blvd. Dr. Pernsteiner is quoted in a flyer making the rounds:…
11/1/2011: University Senate-sponsored session with President Lariviere TOMORROW, Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall at the School of Music and Dance. Details below. Meanwhile here is a clip of President Lariviere during his on campus interview in March 2009. The part about shared governance, 8:40 in,…
10/31/2011: Word is the city is not going to let them back into Alton Baker Park: The Eugene City Council met at noon today to discuss the Occupy Eugene movement and voted to reinstate its camping ban within Alton Baker Park. Meanwhile, Occupy Eugene supporters have been working to achieve…
10/31/2011: Better late than never. The students who oppose this have a blog here. Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence Responses to Recent Questions 1. Is OMAS being eliminated? You will no longer see the name Office of Multicultural Academic Support (OMAS). However, all of the current staff of OMAS will…
10/31/2011: For expense account fraud. From Nigel Jaquiss at Willamette Week: Burton, a former longtime lawmaker and Metro chair, abruptly left the university last summer ahead of a damning audit, first reported in August by WW, that found he took an 11-day European junket on PSU’s dime under highly questionable…
10/30/2011: Many of the comments on the appointment of Dennis Galvan as VP for IA are somewhat supportive. I don’t trust Dennis Galvan because of the way he handled the deal between UO and Gabon this summer. Galvan and Lariviere signed UO to a deal with Gabon based on some…
10/30/2011: One for tenure track faculty, one for NTTFs. From the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Montana State University’s two new faculty unions have approved their first-ever collective bargaining contracts on the Bozeman campus, covering roughly 400 professors and 200 instructors. Leaders of the Associated Faculty of MSU unions announced Friday that…
10/30/2011: OIED VP Charles Martinez was one of those interim appointments gone permanent and bad. He had a remarkable ability to screw up UO’s diversity efforts, despite spending most of his time off campus double dipping at his second job at OSLC. Last year Lariviere bought Martinez off with a…
There were (at least) two credible internal candidates. President Lariviere went with the one who was willing to go to Gabon and prove he had no spine. As with other recent appointments there was no legitimate search committee, hence Galvan will take office without any buy-in from the people he…
10/28/2011: Check the dates in bold. Frances Dyke needs to fill this job by Tuesday. The person holding it was appointed in May. WTF? Please email [email protected] or post anon comment if you know what’s happening. As usual comments that start with Do Not Post will not be posted. Notice…
Pultitzer prize winning civil rights historian Taylor Branch, interviewed by Stephen Colbert on 10/26/2011 The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Taylor Branch www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive
10/28/2011:Former UO reporter Allie Grasgreen has the story in Insidehighered.com. It’s way too little for the big revenue football players, and arguably too much for the non-revenue players. Should cost the UO AD about $1,000,000. The real cost will be if the courts then decide this makes the player’s employees…
10/28/2011: From here, via those economists at marginalrevolution. Recent trend for women is flatter. Maybe we should charge them more?