In the Eugene Weekly, here. Some snippets: The University of Oregon is on the verge of losing one of its only professors who studies race and the criminal justice system within a social justice framework. Ironically, this is happening at a historic moment of national crisis, where anti-Black violence is…
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Thanks to an anonymous source for the leak: From: Janet Woodruff-Borden <[email protected]> Date: June 16, 2020 at 7:05:16 PM EDT To: Brad Shelton <[email protected]>, Bruce Blonigen <[email protected]>, DD Humanities <[email protected]>, Gabe Paquette <[email protected]>, Hal Sadofsky <[email protected]>, Janet Woodruff-Borden <[email protected]>, Juan-Carlos Molleda <[email protected]>, Karen Ford <[email protected]>, Kate Mondloch <[email protected]>, Laura Vandenburgh…
Another shocking act of sensible vandalism – this time from federal judges. From Willamette Week, here:
I have no idea. The docs are on the Oregon DOJ’s Charitable Activities website, here, if anyone wants to try and figure this one out:
From the FRB website press release, here: At this point the loan rules, which would apply to many public universities, are out for public comment. Eligible universities could borrow up to one quarter of expenses, or about $300M for UO. The proposed rules would discourage Johnson Hall from cutting payroll…
President Schill’s email this morning: Dear University of Oregon community, There is no question we are living in a moment when our nation is painfully coming to grips with the reality of systemic racism that has been woven into the fabric of our society for generations. Racism exists despite the…
And nothing else. Because they’ve got all the money and power and don’t have to listen to any more complaints from you whiners. Football starts in September, love it or leave it:
Update: These two photos were both taken by Andrew Nelson, a photojournalist for the RG. The first is from Bagdad in 2003, just before a US Marine vehicle pulled down Saddam Hussein’s statue. The second is from Eugene, today, from this RG report. I’m posting them as a reminder that…
Whoops. Thanks to an anonymous source for passing this on, as prepared by one of VP Kyle Henley’s PR flacks, at $115,815 a year. Note the request that Deans etc don’t talk to the press! How Trumpish. If anyone has a copy of the talking points that were prepared for…
For agenda/motion updates check here. Zoom at https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/303086146 3:00 P.M. Call to Order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Elizabeth Skowron Remarks; Senate Vice President & President-Elect Elliot Berkman 3:10 P.M. Approval of the Minutes May 13, 2020 3:15 P.M. State of the University President Michael Schill 3:30 P.M. New Business US19/20-18:…
You’d think the first thing a university would cut during a budget crisis would be some of its money-losing sports – starting with say baseball. Not at UO, where the administration is cutting the librarians. A snippet from the well documented website they’ve put together in response, here: https://www.uolibrariansunited.com/ Like…
Sorry, a stupid joke about a serious subject. Real message from VPRI David Conover below. There is a similar STEM/Academia wide plan for Wed at https://www.shutdownstem.com/. Dear Campus Research Community, Wednesday, June 10th, has been designated as a day when many academics across the nation are collectively speaking out to…
Nice crane. Probably more than needed to de-name Deady. Maybe some customer will request that soon? Well worth following them on twitter, many excellent photos of campus and their good work. More on JH here and here.
Update: This survey will close at midnight Wed June 10. The UO administration isn’t going to do this, and few people would trust them to accurately report the results if they did. So this survey comes from UO Professor Melissa Graboyes. with the support of United Academics. Here’s more info and…
Voting closes on June 12th. Assuming that their membership approves it, this will mean that the faculty at all of Oregon’s public universities are unionized and operating under a collective bargaining agreement with their administration. Details on the OSU contract are here.