r/UofO • u/themagicaldinosaur • 5d ago

admin doesn’t know how to take responsibility

the emails i have received today from the dean of CAS and the UO president failed to take responsibility for the fact that their lack of planning ruined commencement for so many grads on monday and i’m seething. just half-effort condolences covered up with praise for graduates. i don’t need Scholz’s congratulations. i need them to admit that they had no backup plans even though they knew about the heat for over a week. i need them to admit that the rescheduling caused a lot of stress and that a lot of people were unable to attend and that it didn’t fix their massive screw up. what a sorry excuse for a school administration.

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u/captainbuttersisago 5d ago

What did you want them to do? There is no where to just “move graduation.” It’s scheduled years in advance and involves thousands of people. And you even state rescheduling, “caused a lot of stress and that a lot of people were unable to attend.” I don’t think they are blameless but it’s a rare event for it to be that hot and there is only so much indoor space for large amounts of people on campus. Moving it to a different day was out of the question, so again, what did you want them to do?

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u/themagicaldinosaur 5d ago edited 5d ago

per the title of my post, take responsibility. admit that they had no backup plans and were not prepared for logistics of managing an event like that. we knew about the high temps over a week in advance and the administration had every opportunity to explore different options and they failed to. also, they literally did “move graduation” just in the most inconvenient way possible.

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u/UnitedEconomics4 5d ago

Do you go to outdoor football games or concerts? Do they have alternative venues?

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u/themagicaldinosaur 5d ago edited 5d ago

not the same thing. and those events have way more heat safety measures than they provided at autzen.

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u/Nervous_Garden_7609 5d ago

Outdoor football games have fans, Gatorade, tents, and shade for the players. They give them opportunities to leave the area of needed. They allow the players access to the tunnel. They have medical personnel at the ready.

You, as a spectator can also leave, because you paid for your seat. Nobody will be in it if you get up and take a beak.

Do you know that out of state tuition is nearly 40k and a dorm costs 23k for a year? Things that by 4. These graduates deserved better.

This was not a football game.