UO E-clips, Nov. 27

UO, retired professor settle suit (Register Guard): The University of Oregon will pay a retired professor $500,000 to settle a lawsuit that arose after she pointed out financial irregularities in a program for foreign scholars. Professor Jean Stockard filed the lawsuit last year. She claimed that UO administrators and faculty retaliated against her after she reported the problems, forcing her to resign her position as head of the department of planning, public policy and management and retire from the university.

Senate's rule changes judged as too 'vague' (Daily Emerald): Tensions are rising between the Student Senate and the Constitution Court after the ASUO's judicial body rejected parts of the Senate's rules changes last week and on Monday rejected a resolution supporting the preservation of McArthur Court. The court rejected the Mac Court resolution because of a section that said "the ASUO requires a thorough explanation from the University Administration to students explaining why demolition is the only viable option for this facility, given previous statements of the ongoing viability of McArthur Court." The three justices who participated in the decision determined the Senate has no authority "to dictate the actions of the University Administration."

New evidence ties Blue Mountains to other ranges (East Oregonian): Geological evidence has revealed a connection between the Blue Mountains and the Klamath and Sierra Nevada ranges hundreds of miles to the south. In a study funded by the National Science Foundation, researchers at the University of Oregon and Washington State University dated zircon grains from Triassic- and Jurassic-aged sedimentary rocks in the Blues. Todd LaMaskin, a University of Oregon graduate student, is one of the scientists heading up the study. He said his work has taken samples from the Aldrich Mountains, the northern and southern Wallowas, and areas around Hells Canyon.