updates: 11/7/2018: Faculty Senate votes to tell president who pushed disastrous big-time sports expansion to retire, calls for Trustee accountability: The University of Maryland Senate passed resolutions Wednesday aimed at improving the way Board of Regents members are chosen and affirming the body’s support for President Wallace Loh’s retirement. The…
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He’s out. He was given a difficult task with many difficult masters. I will delete any further comments about Mr. Klinger as moot. That said I am happy to post comments on who might replace him, how the search should be conducted, and advice to the next UO spokesperson on…
That would of course be Oregon State University, where the well-informed and influential Jock Mills regularly posts updates, and even lets UO professors subscribe to them by email. Good luck getting anything this useful from the equivalent office at UO, though they did eventually respond to a public records request…
Dear Colleagues, Daylight Saving Time is upon us, and as the afternoons get darker the Faculty Club remains a beacon of light and cheer. On Wednesday this week we are reserving the corner table for the Biology Faculty. Bruce Bowerman (Chair) will be giving the Six-o-Clock toast. Rumor has it…
11/5/2018 second update: Lynn Frohnmayer: ‘University of Nike’ exploits my family’s tragedy to support a false narrative: To be clear, I think Frohnmayer was wrong to have UO join the WRC and I sent Knight a letter saying that at the time. To paraphrase Karl Marx, it’s capitalism and people…
From the faculty union: GOTV Rally Today, Monday November 5 11:30-12:15 at the EMU amphitheater Event information: “Join us on November 5 for our Get Out the Vote Rally with Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Jeff Merkley, Congressman Peter DeFazio, and a special guest! With only one day before the election, there…
Dylan Darling has the story in the RG here. There was no substantive faculty input into the board’s review or decision, but it sets a good lower bound for the next round of faculty union bargaining.
The Daily Emerald’s Franklin Lewis is on the story, here. Thanks to reader for right link.
Faculty Club Chairman Jamie Harper (Art History) normally presents these awards. This year he skipped out and asked me to do it. Thanks Jamie. One member was wearing a blazer, and claimed he was dressed as Jamie. I noted that there were no leather elbow patches. Fail. Another professor showed…
Among the many interesting parts of Josh Hunt’s “The University of Nike” book is this, which is even more relevant now that General Counsel Kevin Reed controls UO’s public records office: Early in 2011, Lisa Thornton took a job as an assistant in the public-records office at the University of…
Dear University of Oregon community, Saturday’s horrific massacre of 11 innocent men and women in Pittsburgh, as they worshipped together, no doubt shocks each and every one of us. It should. The 11 souls whose lives were extinguished were targeted solely because of the god they worship. These killings follow…
You can donate to HIAS, the international refugee resettlement group that the Pittsburgh terrorist despised, here.
I’d say more, but that would be indiscreet. Open again 5-8 Th. Walk in the Art Museum’s front door, turn right, and show the guard your papers.
Just kidding, it’s free flu shots. Do yourself and the rest of us a favor and get one. Drop-in, bring your UO ID and insurance card: The University Health Center is pleased to announce four flu shot clinics for UO students, faculty, and staff: Thursday, October 25, 2018, 7:00–10:00 a.m.,…
10/22/2018 updates: OPR’s Think Out Loud has an interview with Hunt here. I suggest getting to Josh Hunt’s Tsunami talk early, before the lawyers steal all the good seats. You can get the Kindle version of The University of Nike Tuesday as well. Some more links: The NY Times: Persuade someone…