I’m guessing that WWII is not the first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they see this thing (left) rising over the field formerly known as Hayward. But, as a helpful reader pointed out, the architectural influence from Hitler’s Flaktürme anti-aircraft towers is striking:
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No details, or any effort to explain why he is maintaining the subsidies for Duck Athletics and the law school. Link here: University administrators have completed the process of identifying $11.6 million in budget reductions to the University of Oregon’s education and general fund. President Michael H. Schill asked university…
No, I’m not talking about UO’s well paid lobbyists, who seem incapable of persuading the legislature to give us money for anything except the IAAF 2021 championships and the Knight Campus. In any case there’s no report from them, as of yet. Meanwhile here’s the handy “2019 Legislative Scorecard”, from…
I’m at the Eugene City Council work meeting now, listening to Stephanie Scafa, the city’s 2021 project lead, present a puff piece to the council. Flashy video and handouts. She says “there’s a lot to be excited about”. It’s about “what sort of community we want to be”. “An opportunity…
A modest proposal for Provost Patrick Phillips, from the 1/2 Price Provost: Cutting Duck baseball and moving the Jock Box from the provost’s budget to the AD’s are the easy ways to raise $4M recurring for the academic side. Auctioning off Alexander Phimister Proctor’s statue of the Pioneer Father would…
The Oregonian’s James Crepea has the news here: Cristobal, who went 9-4 in his first full season at Oregon, will go from earning $2.5 million per year under his old contract to $2.6 million this year, with increases of $100,000 in each of the following four years. Cristobal’s maximum attainable…
Seems like odd timing, with the performances to start next week. Here’s the email sent to the faculty – no mention of lintgate: Dear Friends, I wanted to be the first to share with you the news that we’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate the executive director position at…
I’m not exactly shocked. Hiding the reserves from the legislature is, of course, Job #1 for any public university’s VP for Finance. If the university is unionized, they also have to hide the money from the unions and the AAUP’s forensic accountant Howard Bunsis. Thanks to an anonymous reader for…
6/13/2019 letter to campus from Provost Phillips: Dear Colleagues, Although I don’t start in my role as provost until July, with the term winding down I wanted to connect now before many of you turn your attention away from campus for the summer. First, let me tell you what an…
They’re claiming these are educational records protected under FERPA. Michael Tobin and Anakin Welp have the story in the Emerald here. A snippet:
That would be Mark Wasikowski, who is “honored and humbled to have this opportunity from Rob Mullens, Eric Roedl and the University of Oregon administration”. The Oregonian has the exciting news here. Add in OPE, bonuses, car, club memberships, tickets and travel for family and friends, and miscellaneous other porkalicious…
President Schill has justified his cuts to the museums’ budgets by arguing they are peripheral to UO’s academic mission – while he is protecting the Duck Athletics budget, which will grow by about 3% next year. Today’s Daily Emerald report from Hannah Kannik explain’s the academic side of the MNCH,…
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Shelley Harshe Sent: Monday, June 10, 2019 11:44 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: lib-staff: Mark Watson named interim dean of UO Libraries This message is being sent on behalf of Provost and Senior Vice President Jayanth Banavar. Dear UO Libraries Faculty and Staff, I…