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Cornell to end Nike deal

7/26/2010: Sure enough, Nike folds and pays the back wages themselves, according to Steven Greenhouse in the NY Times. Though they can’t quite bring themselves to admit that: A Nike spokeswoman, Kate Meyers, said Monday that the $1.5 million was for “a worker relief fund” and was not for severance.…

Oregon economy

7/25/2010: A long, depressing post about the Oregon economy and the state budget, from Harry Esteve in the Oregonian: … State expenses, including payroll, health and retirement benefits, and debt payments, are slated to rise by nearly $4 billion over the next two years — a 26 percent jump. During…

Building Trust

7/23/2010: One discussion at the recent Provost’s retreat was on building trust between the administration and the faculty. Or so we heard, on the hush-hush from a visibly nervous admin type, as he looked around the room to see if the boss was listening. The Provost won’t tell the faculty…

tree care

7/21/2010: Anyone got a good tree care company to recommend – or an unwanted child and a chainsaw? email [email protected] or post a comment. Update: Remarkable consensus among faculty and administrators. Sperry is very good and very expensive. A strong vote for James Cummings tree service, very good, not so…

more subsidies to athletics

7/21/2010: I’m compiling a list of state/academic subsidies to athletics. So far I’ve got the $1.4 million: State lottery money used for athletic scholarships. ?: Legal Services to athletic department (UO and DOJ billed to UO) ? portion of 1039 hours salary for Lorraine Davis to cover costs proctoring quizzes…

More on the End of Bend:

7/19/2010: From Greg Bolt in the RG, on the end of Bend: … Some faculty members who reviewed the budget concluded that the program was costing the university more than $1 million a year beyond what it brought in, draining revenue from the Eugene campus as it struggles with steep…

Got tenure?

7/18/2010: Wondering who got tenure this year? Just follow the link from the Academic Affairs website for a complete list. Whoops, that’s for Portland State. Here at UO, that info still seems to be confidential.