1/26/2012: Pretty chilling to watch: Video: Nike’s Knight rips PSU Trustees
Posts tagged as “Phil Knight”
1/10/2010: which is what Auburn booster Bobby Lowder did there. Alan Pittman of the Eugene Weekly has a great story, comparing Knight and Lowder. Pete Thamel of the NY Times follows up with this explanation: A decade ago, Lowder’s influence over Auburn was silent but immutable. The university scuttled its…
12/6/2010: From Alan Brettman in the Oregonian, via Alex Tomchak Scott’s excellent Commentator digest. Worth reading: Knight’s take is that Lariviere wants to privatize UO and raise tuition. Q: What’s next to elevate the status of the University of Oregon? A: I think the athletic department is really the best marketing tool…
Richard Sundt emailed us a bit more background on his RG letter, regarding the full page ad from the UO Foundation Trustees on the Knight donations: What I wanted to say in the ad, but dropped it (and a few other things) in order to observe the 250-word limit, is…
6/4/2010: Bill Graves of the Oregonian has a new story on the latest sports facility craziness here. This seems to be another “gift that keeps on taking,” like the Jock Box: But Phit’s gift does not come without costs. The license agreement requires the university to employ a facilities manager,…
4/25/2010: From Steve Duin’s column in the Oregonian, well worth reading it all: “I’m looking at the Knight Library,” Lariviere said. “I have my back to the Knight Law School. And I can name several of the professors sitting in the 22 Knight-endowed chairs. We are incredibly lucky Penny and…
4/10/2010: A reader asks what I think of this story: MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison canceled its licensing agreement with Nike Inc. on Friday, becoming the first university to take that step over concerns about the company’s treatment of workers in Honduras. Chancellor Biddy Martin said Nike hasn’t…
3/7/2010: Great story by Richard Read in the Oregonian about what all those exploited Nike sweatshop workers are doing: Saving their paychecks, sending the money home to build houses and finance new businesses. It turns out that factory workers — not the activists labeled “preachy” by one expert, and not…