3/28/2011: UO’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity needs a new Vice President. It’s a big job, with a large budget and staff, control of a lot of dedicated funds, and in the right hands it has the potential for a lot of positive impact. The hiring committee was appointed…
UO Matters
3/27/2011 Update: UO has now removed these offers to lease undeveloped land from one part of the RRP website but not another. Randy Geller fuckup? Let’s hope this is the beginning of a serious effort to reform the public input process and get some needed development in the parts of…
3/27/2011: Ralph Nader’s proposal is to ban the players from accepting scholarships. So the coach and AD can take even more? How un-american. These players have a much better idea – sue for the right to sell their skills to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, here in Oregon state senator Peter…
3/26/2011: of the House higher ed subcommittee on the New Partnership plan. From David Sarasohn in the Oregonian: “(UO President) Richard (Lariviere) was really bold in doing what he did there, and people had their toes stepped on,” says Harker, “but he really pushed the conversation in a significant way.”……
3/25/2011: The Oregonian has a fabulous website for keeping up with our legislature. Read the bill, the amendments, email the sponsors, see it has made it into/out of committee, listen to the hearings. (You’ll need a real audio player – the internet equivalent of 8-track. Free here.) Here are some…
3/25/2011: The economist Charles Clotfelter, at Duke, has a new book: Big-Time Sports in American Universities. Apparently library JSTOR downloads dip in the two days after a team wins a BBall tournament. I’ll read and see if the other empirical findings are more significant. Here is a quote from the…
3/25/2011: “It’s shared governance, Professor. If you can keep it.” Time for committee and Senate nominations. Effectively this means you nominate yourself on this form no later than Tu, April 5. Some are appointed, some elected. Here’s an explanation of the assignments. Some of these committees are sort of fun,…
3/24/2011: From Ryan Cummings at KMTR. Once we pay to train them and they become sworn officers, they can retire 5 years early with full PERS. And then get another job. Why aren’t we pushing for more mental health counselors instead? Ask the legislation’s sponsor, Floyd Prozanski, or UO’s VP…
3/23/2011: Here are some of UO’s more expensive consulting contracts. This is old data from the 09-10 FY. More on the way.
3/23/2011: When he retired, Frohnmayer negotiated with OUS Chancellor Pernsteiner for a full-time UO paid sabbatical. Then he used the time to restart his legal career – courtesy of UO students’ tuition dollars. He’s still on the UO payroll for $100,000 a year as “President Emeritus” and we pay for…
3/21/2011: The ever helpful bojack.org posts the Oregon statutes on determining voting residence: (3) An elections official may consider, but is not limited to considering, the following factors in determining residency of a person for voter registration purposes: (a) Where the person receives personal mail; (b) Where the person is…
3/19/2011: My grades are in, and I just graduated two Saudi students, with C’s. One from a town near Yemen, another from near Bahrain. I asked them about the uprisings – what were they going to do when they got back to Saudi Arabia? “It is a Kingdom. We have…
3/19/2011: Update: Dave’s got yet another job, this one involving a public records scandal. He’s experienced, that’s for sure. From Ted Taylor at KTVZ in Bend: To advise them on the grand jury investigation, the county has hired two attorneys, including former University of Oregon president and former state attorney…
3/18/2011: From Bill Graves in the Oregonian: A group of University of Oregon students today plan to enter a restricted area in the opulent academic center built for athletes by Nike founder Phil Knight and call for opening the building to all students. Students say the top two floors of…
Oregon Commentator
3/24/2011: The latest OC issue is out, here. Some excellent articles on UO expansion plans (lots), competitive bids for the ORI lease (bids? what bids?) the New Partnership (transparency first). President Lariviere seems to have forgiven the OC for their sophomoric and embarrassing “Big Balls” issue: He’s agreed to meet…