1/12/2011: That is Oregon Commentator Stephen Murphy’s summary of President Lariviere at today’s UO Senate meeting on the Riverfront Research park ORI building: “I’m a big fan of openness and transparency,” Lariviere explained, and promptly proved the fact by saying that he had an appointment shortly and did not have…
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1/11/2011: The people at Connecting Eugene sure know how get your attention with a press release: Now featured on BoJack.org.
1/11/2011: Norm Brown is chairman of the board of trustees for the University of Oregon Foundation. Fred Poust is president of the board of directors for the University of Oregon Alumni Association. From their Op-Ed in the Oregonian on the UO new partnership plan: … To address declining funding and…
1/10/2011: In the RG today: University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere soon will have an opportunity to turn a corner and bring openness and accountability back into the planning process for the university’s riverfront. By doing so, he also would be upholding a promise he made last April as he…
1/10/2010: which is what Auburn booster Bobby Lowder did there. Alan Pittman of the Eugene Weekly has a great story, comparing Knight and Lowder. Pete Thamel of the NY Times follows up with this explanation: A decade ago, Lowder’s influence over Auburn was silent but immutable. The university scuttled its…
1/6/2011: Pat Kilkenny was hired as UO Athletic Director by former UO Pesident Dave Frohnmayer to push Phil Knight’s basketball arena project through, after Kilkenny made a well-timed $240,000 donation to Frohnmayer’s Fanconi Foundation. Kilkenny then got the OUS Chancellor and board to sell $237 million in state guaranteed bonds…
1/7/2011: Mat Wolf of the ODE has a good story about UO VP Frances Dyke’s efforts to convert our Department of Public Safety to an armed police force. We’ve written before about the scandals involving the two past DPS directors. Back in 2008 Daily Emerald reporter Ryan Knutson won a…
1/4/2011: From Charles Clotfelter – an economist – in the Washington Post: With the exception of the 80 percent rule for gifts that enable a donor to buy tickets, all these donations are subject to the same tax subsidy we reserve for charitable and educational institutions like hospitals, food pantries,…
1/4/2011: Bill Graves of the Oregonian has a piece on the football team’s success and what it will mean for academics. President Lariviere goes gaga: The UO not only stands to gain market share in the sports business, but also mind share in public attention, he says. On a recent…
1/4/2011: Somebody leaked this pissy letter from Dave Frohnmayer and William Gary to Gov. Kulongoski, regarding AG Kroger’s report on the DOJ investigation of energy contracts with Kitzhaber’s girlfriend: As an experienced prosecutor, Mr. Riddell certainly must have understood that Mr. Long has a constitutional right to decline a request…
1/3/2010: Wondering who is behind those new student apartments next to the arena? Looks like one of the investors is Russell Kilkenny, former UO Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny‘s brother. The financing is through a San Diego bank that supports Pat’s Lucky Duck Foundation, I wonder if he is also involved.…
Another update: In this Oregonian op-ed, the Portland Business Alliance, Associated Oregon Industries, the Oregon Business Council and the Oregon Business Association come out in favor of the OUS reform plan, and a delay in consideration of the Lariviere plan til another year. Update: WWeek posts part of their exit…
12/30/2010: … along with collecting $100K per year from UO, plus a secretary, GTF, 2 offices, and a $180K expense account budget. From Brent Walth in the Oregonian: A top Kulongoski administration official has been put on leave following a criminal investigation into allegations that the Oregon Department of Energy…
12/30/2010: UO Prof Richard Sundt takes on the boosters. From the RG Letters: Academic success has other causes In his Dec. 27 guest viewpoint, Duck fan Alex Richanbach is mad at the University of Oregon Athletic Department for telling Glendale game-goers to wear yellow. He nevertheless celebrates the Ducks’ unbridled…
12/28/2010: For the 09-10 fiscal year the UO Foundation brought in $31.7 million in outright gifts (as opposed to deferred gifts or gifts for buildings.) $18.1 million of that was for athletics. More on this later, still crunching the data.