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- (reported) Weekly Omicron cases decline... (11)
- Not This Dude { If these numbers are to believed, UO is ahead of Lane County, Oregon, and everywhere else US (?). Because UO... }
- Anonymous { My classroom has chalkboards. And I have to buy my own decent quality chalk because the stuff they provide is... }
- Heraclitus { I'm gonna get me some of them 'permanent' ones. I hear those are much easier to use. Maybe I'll get... }
- Dog { In March of 2020 I gathered a lot of information for the CAS administration about the kinds of technologies needed... }
- Will Overhead { It's every instructor for themselves! Markers }
- Heraclitus { On technology: we could start by having functional dry-erase markers in rooms with whiteboards. After that we could think about... }
- Dog { this could be all just logistical incompetency; the same reason why our classroom technology is far from what is needed... }
- honest Uncle Bernie { witheld -- I got my first notice from corona corps a couple days ago -- the reporting to us is... }
- OSU President F. King Alexander's... (12)
- Unsigned { Oxford Round Table LaGrange KY /Louisville KY Shenette Campbell, Chris Campbell Mayfield KY /Murray KY Shenette Smith, Kyle Smith, Robert... }
- Oregon's ERB orders UO &... (1)
- John Taylor { Has it really been five years since I filed this ULP? As I recall UO hired a rather expensive attorney... }
- Bikes, Covid, and Relative Risks... (46)
- uomatters { And with that I officially call the comments for this post closed. Thanks Raghu! }
- Raghu Parthasarathy { I appreciate the chance to write (thanks, UOM!) and to stimulate discussion. To be clear: I do not claim that... }
- uomatters { Assuming continuity, as the probability of car drivers dying of Covid increases the probability of being killed by a car... }
- thedude { I know a couple bikers who died recently. One was David Schumann, who I luckily had the pleasure of meeting... }
- cdsinclair { The Pedestrian Lemma says that if a pedestrian crossing the street has probability p > 0 of being hit by... }
- uomatters { I love bicycles - I worked in a bike shop, sold them, raced them, still fix them. But I don't... }
- honest Uncle Bernie { Mitch, I thought it was clear I was keeping it simple. In any case, your calculation has some gross oversimplifications... }
- honest Uncle Bernie { bingo with your last sentence. The bicyclists that I see at risk all seem to be reckless UO students, mentally... }
- Daily deaths to peak on... (11)
- { The #'s are not being posted daily anymore: "This dashboard is updated every Monday or the first business day of... }
- Heraclitus { Didn't someone here already make fun of the digital humanities? Lay off already! }
- thedude { I know a law professor who died riding his bike. And I have a colleague that had a concussion and... }
- Dog { https://stacker.com/oregon/counties-highest-covid-19-death-rate-oregon lists death per county in Oregon; Lane county has a low death rate compared to other counties in Oregon;... }
- honest Uncle Bernie { right, dude, only 397 reported covid deaths in Lane County over the past two years, far less than from bike... }
- thedude { Riding my bike to work is more mortal risk these days than teaching in person. }
- uomatters { It's the first fundamental theorem of bad science: don't show anyone the data. }
- Heraclitus { It was the same last week. For some unfathomable reason they are reporting (low) work-related cases daily, but withholding general... }
- Pres Schill and Prov Phillips... (6)
- TooTired { Over 300 classified staff were laid off. How many have been recalled? While management complains they can't hire anyone? Is... }
- anonymous { Indeed. Departments get permission from CAS to shut front office when there's a (possible) COVID exposure (classified staff). CAS has... }
- cdsinclair { The long arc of the story is that (in my estimation) President Schill believes in the "big man" version of... }
- Dog { Indeed, I have zero pedagogical expertise but I was hired, but again that was most likely a clerical error. Dogs... }
- Just another uncle { You lost me at “we were all hired for our pedagogical expertise” }
- honest Uncle Gangsta { Pres Schill seems to have honed his labor relations skills at his last destination, the University of Chicago Law School.... }
- Post Office implements massive supply-side... (10)
- Compulsory Pessimist { Alas, it isn't speculative pessimism. One of my friends ran into this issue and cannot get their four tests because... }
- dog { the data https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge }
- honest Uncle Bernie { amen, bro, amen! }
- just different { +1 The "older people are worth less" rationalization has always infuriated me, both by its stupidity and its ubiquity. It's... }
- honest Uncle Bernie { dude, your number for covid deaths is low, the real number is probably about 600,000. But anyway, what does the... }
- Duck Coach Dana Altman secretly... (1)
- honest Uncle Bernie { Oh boy, if the likes of Nancy P and AOC and Gavin Newsom and even Dr. Fauci on occastion can... }
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- Oregon’s ERB orders UO & General Counsel Kevin Reed to cease and desist hiding public records from union 01/24/2022
- (reported) Weekly Omicron cases decline again 01/24/2022
- Bikes, Covid, and Relative Risks (keep on biking!) 01/23/2022
- Pres Schill and Prov Phillips blow off faculty covid concerns 01/22/2022
- Daily deaths to peak on Feb 4 01/20/2022
- Duck Coach Dana Altman secretly reprimanded for mask violation 01/20/2022
- Post Office implements massive supply-side test intervention 01/18/2022
- End of the beginning for Omicron, or just more slow data entry? 01/18/2022
- Provost Phillips sends Coach Altman a stern warning about his players dismal graduation rate 01/18/2022
- Am I wrong to like this LBJ speech so much? 01/17/2022
- GTFF to hold socially distanced covid meeting with Pres & Prov, via bullhorn 01/17/2022
- Pres Schill talks to City Club for 59:03 about UO’s Covid response 01/16/2022
- Michigan paid search firm $320K for Prez who couldn’t keep his pants zipped 01/15/2022
- Dear AD Mullens: The Cartel has learned that you may be paying your players for their concussions. 01/15/2022
- UO’s advanced classroom ventilation systems drive student omicron cases to zero 01/14/2022
- Oregon traffic continues to get worse 01/13/2022
- Senate to meet Wed to rule on Admin’s Omicron response 01/10/2022
- “UO’s layered approach to COVID-19 mitigation and preparedness has remained effective” 01/10/2022
- Anthropology Dept calls on Admin to take 2 weeks online & get its act together 01/09/2022
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