Update: Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith gave an impressive hour long talk to the City Club. It certainly resonated with the audience, who asked questions about the role of alcohol and sports and perpetrators. Interim President Scott Coltrane was there. I think it would be hard for any reasonable person…
Posts tagged as “March 8-9 rape allegations”
After the Freyd survey on UO rape and institutional betrayal, and the news reports on the astonishing lengths the UO administration went to keep the basketball rape allegations (and what else?) out of these reports, it’s hard to take them very seriously, but there is some presumably reliable data on…
9/30/2014: Now with a report from KATU News. UO’s well-paid PR flacks Craig Pintens and Tobin Klinger were apparently not willing to talk about this one on camera: 928/2014: It is, of course, common for repentant criminals to give “scared straight” talks about how their bad choices ruined their lives.…
We all know Mike’s $940K richer, and that he’s technically on the books at UC-Irvine as a Criminology professor for $240K a year. But what’s he really doing? My guess is that he’s topping off that $240K with some serious AAU money – in the spirit of his mentor Bob…
The Student Press Law Center has the story, here: Krakauer, author of “Into the Wild” and “Under the Banner of Heaven,” is working on a book about sexual assaults at universities and was seeking information about the 2012 case involving the university’s quarterback, Jordan Johnson. According to the Helena District…
The RG has the story on Coltrane’s agreement to some but not all of the initial Senate Task Force proposals, here. From what I’ve read most campus sexual assaults are linked to athletics, fraternities, and alcohol. None of these initial recommendations target these problems. Notably, Dana Altman and Rob Mullens have admitted…
Sounds like a typical Johnson Hall weekday under our previous presidents, but this is about the basketball rape allegations. KATU TV has the report and public records, here. “That was exactly the right decision,” [UOPD Sergeant Kathy Flynn] says in the voicemail [to the EPD], “and what should have been done…
9/17/2014: Justin Wise has the story in the ODE, here. After Brandon Austin you’d think Dana Altman would be a little more careful vetting his players, but apparently 2 of his new recruits have failed to meet UO’s academic standards (or those of the notoriously lax NCAA). No word if Lorraine Davis’s Special Athletic Admits Committee approved them. The IAC will take up a resolution tomorrow (below) to appoint a member to her committee.
President Coltrane is never going to be able to leave this behind until he releases the documents. The $10K a head President’s Review Panel meets again next week with a brief public session, and no evidence whatsoever that they are willing to ask hard questions. Latest story here.
UO’s PR flacks are making our university, our new interim President, and our new board of trustees look ridiculous, and we cannot afford to look any more ridiculous. Tyson Alger in the Oregonian: EUGENE — The University of Oregon has responded to its alumni regarding a KATU story that ran Monday…
Update: Troy Brynelson and Alex Cremer make it criminally plain, in the ODE: The University of Oregon purposely delayed the expulsion of three basketball players in order to preserve its academic standing with the NCAA and financial incentives for members of the athletic department, according to an exhaustive investigative piece from…
10-11 AM, 8/27/2014, Ford Alumni Center. As usual, nothing is a quote unless in quotes. About 35 in the audience, 7 panelists. Short version: Very strange session, basically a bunch of UO staff pitching the effectiveness of their various programs, no comments or questions from panel. Chair Diets starts with…
Update: (Posts on prostitute warning, public records, and panel history here.) Two weeks after my public records request, UO has finally disclosed what it is paying the panelists Gottfredson, Mullens, and Holmes appointed to review their response to the rape allegations and UO policies. $10K each, plus expenses: Honorarium The…
8/11/2014 update: It’s not clear what will now happen with the secretive “External Review Panel” that Gottfredson, Mullens and Holmes selected to review how their response to the March 8-9 rape allegations went bad, and how UO should address sexual violence in the future. Perhaps Coltrane will disband this panel, and express his confidence in letting the Senate Task Force do the job. Christina Belasco has a report in the Emerald on the most recent meeting of the Senate Task Force, with some background.
8/5/2014 update: President Kyr updates UO on Senate Task Force on Sexual Violence
UO President Gottfredson still refuses to release basic documents about his office’s response to the March 8-9 rape allegations. Now he has apparently ordered his “External Presidential Review Panel” to meet in secret – and perhaps not even talk to the press. But UO Senate President Rob Kyr and the Senate Task force are taking the high road. Their next meeting is Aug 7 in Room 115 Knight Library. Open to the public, as always:
To: University of Oregon Campus Community
From: Robert Kyr, University Senate President
RE: Senate Task Force to Address Sexual Violence and Survivor Support
I am writing in order to give you an update regarding the Senate’s Task Force to Address Sexual Violence and Survivor Support.
Jennifer Winters has the hard hitting investigative story in “Around the O, here. Just kidding, Ms Winters is one of Gottfredson’s many paid PR flacks, and her report is just what you’d expect. Gottfredson’s (renamed) “Presidential Review Panel” had secret meetings Wednesday and Thursday. According to the post on his website, Gottfredson…