9/22/2011: From student reporter Thomas Bradley at Ohio State: On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Ohio ordered the university to submit unredacted documents that are the subject of a lawsuit ESPN Inc., filed against OSU on July 11. ESPN sued OSU for withholding records that the sports network viewed as…
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9/22/2011: From Jeff Mapes in the Oregonian: Oregon legislators are learning that the already battered state budget is taking another $42 million hit because Gov. John Kitzhaber’s settlement with state labor unions came in over the limit he had initially set on pay increases. The additional cost of the union…
9/22/2011: We’ve written before about how UO General Counsel Randy Geller has hired longtime NCAA insider Michael Glazier for $150,000 to clean up the Willie Lyles mess – or at least sweep it under the rug, save Kelly’s job, and avoid paying Lyles the last $25,000 he was apparently promised.…
9/22/2011: His math makes no sense, but we appreciate the sentiment. Op-Ed here: The OUS has identified eight comparator universities against which to evaluate the UO, ranging from the University of California at Santa Barbara to the University of Michigan. Based on that scale, UO salaries for tenured faculty in…
9/22/2011: Long time readers know that frustrations with getting public records from UO were one of the reasons I started this blog. We’ve made some progress with public records here at UO in the last week. The UO website now mentions a $200 fee waiver for public interest requests. This…
9/21/2010: These days everybody talks like a pirate. But can they do the walk? This guy actually seized a drifting barge on the Columbia and is now trying to sell the iron to the wreckers for $75,000.
9/21/2011: Around the time Randy Geller was appointed UO General Counsel, longtime GC executive assistant Brian Whalen left to work in the president’s office. He was replaced by Deb Donning, who was given the new title of “Chief of Staff”. But last month she left for a UO risk management…
9/19/2011: Off topic, but too important to ignore. Gays and lesbians can now serve openly in the US military. Army letter here. Photos of service members openly enjoying their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, with a little of the 2nd amendment too, here. Meanwhile, the Marines…
9/20/2011: Here’s the letter from PERS telling current beneficiaries their names and payments will be released publicly on Nov 21.
9/19/2011: The groans over this are as loud as the crowd at Matt Court on a bad night. Not exactly hope and change. I don’t know what to think. Will she get to keep her car? What will this mean for her golden parachute contract? The 2008 Oregonian story by…
update – for Eugene, not clear the methods for the 2 years are directly comparable. UO data is correct however. 9/19/2011: 2010 Eugene violent crime rates fall again – a 14% fall from 2009 reports, and the continuation of a long trend. Eugene property crimes also fell – burglary by…
9/19/2011: From the ODE Franklin Bains article: – Last year, when the state government was looking through proposals to fix the ailing public higher education system, students in Oregon — including University students — roundly condemned University President Richard Lariviere’s plan, which wanted to use a mix of public and…
9/19/2011: Good questions from Tyree Harris, and some detailed answers, read it all here. A sample: ODE: What progress do you hope to make this year with the New Partnership? What progress do you think can be made given the new terms of your contract? RL: My contract doesn’t have…
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9/18/2011: The just released campus livability working group report is here. Joe Moseley’s HotTopics blog has some good comments, here. And Ed Russo has a long story in the RG – part of a series – on the impact of student partying on the neighborhoods south and west of campus.…