Faculty furlough days: what a mess

“If the faculty had voted against [taking furlough days], it would have been a signal to the voters that faculty here, and by extension higher education in general, isn’t taking the problems of the state seriously,” said Bill Lunch, chairman of the political science department.
One can always count on Bill Lunch to provide the very [...]

Will changing demographics automatically change politics?

I hear this claim made quite a bit:
Political scientists have marveled at the distinctive attitudes of “millennials,” born roughly between 1982 and 2003. (Thus, a single generation seems to encompass both my daughter and many of my co-workers!) They are characterized above all by tolerance but also by cooperation, liberal political views, and respect for [...]

GT editorial on OSU’s expansion

I can’t quite decide if I like this piece or not.  On the one hand, there are parts I like:
We’d also urge OSU officials to make this process as transparent and public as possible. If we’re talking about the possible elimination of programs – and it’s clear that we are – the only thing that [...]

The Corvallis Gazette-Times and customer relations

A few days ago, I received an email from two people who work with Mid-Valley Voice, part of the website for the local papers:
This weekend we learned that MidValley Voice user account information was accessible for several days.
A list of usernames, passwords and email addresses was available in an obscure network known primarily to product [...]