10/15/2012 update: Video of Pres Gottfredson’s “State of the University of Oregon” speech is now posted, here, along with the rest of the Senate meeting, including the debate on random drug testing. Or watch below. (Thanks to anonymous tech dude for correct embed code.) Note that by leaving Rob Mullens’s emergency…
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Postmortem: Given the low expectations, Gottfredson’s speech was good. He said “transparency” and “shared governance” many times. But then so did Berdahl. Still no action, of course – public records are in lockdown, thanks to the decisions of loyal trustee Dave Hubin. But today’s big loser was Randy Geller, who…
Update: The logical consequences of this policy? More drunk athletes. See here for the Senate debate.4:20 PM 10/3/2012 update: Randy Geller missed another opportunity to apologize for accusing Kyr and McWhorter of defamation. Sam Stites reports the only speaker at the administration’s pro forma public meeting on duck drug testing was IAC…
That’s the word from OPB’s Think Out Loud, show on now. Beav’s sent Doug Aukerman: Senior Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine. UO’s representative pulled out at the last minute.
Their editorial board is just not buying what Mullens and Geller are selling and writes a strong editorial protesting efforts to start random drug tests of Duck players without probable cause and without genuine public discussion of that policy. They trust the faculty Senate more than they trust the UO administration.…
9/6/2012: In trying to defend random drug testing UO spokesperson Phil Weiler comes close to slandering UO’s acrobatics and tumbling team, formerly known as Competitive Cheer. Diane Dietz of the RG has the story here: In acrobatics, Weiler said, “there are bodies that are literally flying through the air. The…
To: University of Oregon Senate From: Robert Kyr, President RE: Looking Ahead In four weeks, we will begin a new academic year that promises to be one of the most significant in the history of our university. I am writing to give you a brief overview of some of our…
I’m guessing the exchange below has something to do with AD Rob Mullens’s efforts to start random drug testing of UO’s “student athletes”, and the efforts by the Senate to make him run that policy and change in UO’s OAR’s through the UO Senate first. Instead of resolving this by meeting…
Update: Berdahl has caved, mostly, after Geller wasted untold hours of faculty time on this. Not to mention his weird threats below. Berdahl can’t quite make himself admit that the UO Senate has to approve this policy first, but he’s postponing hearings until UO is in session. Meanwhile, he wants to…
Berdahl has already wasted too much of his time and ours subverting transparency and shared governance. Bonine calls him out on his most recent effort:From: John BonineSubject: Scheduling of Public Hearing of Aug. 23Date: July 26, 2012 2:04:10 AM EDTTo: , Provost Office , Franklin Stahl , @uoregon.edu>@uoregon.edu>@uoregon.edu>@uoregon.edu>Cc: Robert Kyr , David Hubin , Randy…
Two weeks back UO announced it was going to try and change the Oregon Administrative Rules which forbid random drug testing of Ducks. Bob Berdahl, Rob Mullens, and Randy Geller ignored both the intent of Oregon law (which requires public input) and the UO “Policy on Policies” (which requires Senate…
It seems that someone in the President’s office forgot to notify interested campus components – like the Senate Intercollegiate Athletics Committee – of the proposed UO rule change, as OAR requires: 571-001-0025Procedure for Providing Notice(1) The University News Bureau shall be responsible for providing notice to appropriate media. The Office…
UO General Counsel Randy Geller’s previous modification of the Oregon rules on drug testing to suit the needs of the NCAA cartel was in 2010: Geller appears to have notified the Senate of what he planned to do: http://senate.uoregon.edu/sites/senate.uoregon.edu/files/email2attachNoticeAndStatementOAR571_004.pdf and shown us the proposed changes: http://senate.uoregon.edu/sites/senate.uoregon.edu/files/email2attachOAR571_004proposedAmends20101201.pdf But that was when…
The $2 million that Jim Bean is making regular students pay for the jock box tutoring isn’t enough? David Lieberman has the story in the ODE: The University of Oregon released on Friday a list of proposed amendments and additions to its current student-athlete drug policy, including implementing random drug…