They did just send out a UO Alert text to everyone who’s registered their cell phones for this service – a week after the increases started – but if you follow the link you will find no useful information about where these new cases are coming from. Frats? Athletes? Clusters…
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Still using fees and delays to stymie the clear intent of Oregon’s Public Records Law, though perhaps not as much as usual. From https://publicrecords.uoregon.edu/requests. 09/28/2020 Financial Information Espi, Vince Awaiting Payment from Requester 09/25/2020 Correspondence Crepea, James Requesting/Reviewing Records 09/25/2020 Correspondence Crepea, James Requesting/Reviewing Records 09/24/2020 Records Libit, Daniel Requesting/Reviewing…
Posted on request of XDH, a regular commenter: How about this blog finally promoting something truly important and impactful to the UO community: the sad struggles of one of our junior biology colleagues with terminal lymphoma: https://twitter.com/McKnightLab_UO Give if you can: https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-laura-and-katherine-get-through-my-death?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet
From their joint Oregonian op-ed, here: “… We hope our decision to resume athletic competition will boost morale for all students, faculty and staff at our universities and among Oregonians and alumni and fans beyond our state. During this incredibly challenging period, we want our fans and supporters to have…
Senate Retreat – September 30, 2020 Intro Remarks: Senate President Elliot Berkman, Senate VP & President-Elect Spike Gildea 2020 – 2021 Senate Agenda Break-out groups Robert’s Rules for Senate; Parliamentarian Sandy Weintraub Administrator Updates Patrick Phillips, University Provost: Announcements. Q&A. Janet Woodruff-Borden, Executive Vice Provost: Remote Delivery, teaching/peer evaluations. Q&A.…
As Brad Shelton would say, the metrics are not good, and they’re falling: And just 412 students. But former dean Michael Moffitt, who made the 2014 MOU agreement for “temporary” Law School subsidies with UO VPFA Jamie Moffitt, his spouse, and then lost his job a few years later after…
The Oregonian reported Saturday that student gatherings involving athletes and frats are responsible for the recent increases in Covid cases at UO and OSU. Whether that should lead to more restrictions depends on which public health official you prefer: “State epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger said Friday that officials have identified…
Apparently it’s a trend. Details here.
Gosh, I wonder if this means Schill’s claims that big-time college football is about hope and fighting institutionalized racism also aren’t true? Shocking news from reporter Billy Witz in the Times sports pages today, who also seems unimpressed with the idea that Duck sports help UO’s national reputation, and gives…
Update: President Trumps offers us his congratulations, and wants our thanks for making the Pac-12 do this: 9/24/2020: That’s the rumor from the staff who have already started cleaning the ash out of Autzen, and who were told sorry those antigen tests are not for you. The Pac-12 announcement will…
From OPB: Oregon’s current budget will be nearly untouched by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and future budgets won’t be as hampered as initially thought, state economists announced Wednesday. Those conclusions, which state economist Mark McMullen told lawmakers were “somewhat shocking,” turn on their head assumptions about how…
Jon Wilner is the best reporter covering the Pac-12’s shenanigans. He’s on twitter here. Today he’s got a report in the San Jose Mercury on how the Pac-12 got rapid antigen testing for Covid for players – but not for faculty and staff: “… The access to rapid-result Covid-19 antigen…
This report from John Canzano in the Oregonian gives the latest on how much money the presidents and chancellors who control the Pac-12 have thrown at Scott over the years. It’s outrageous. I expect that Pres Schill, the new Pac-12 leader, will soon crack down on this so that he…
It’s official. We’re #1 in the state, they’re #2, here: