Oregon’s public universities presidents petition state for $100 million
UO President Michael Schill, along with the presidents of six other public universities, is petitioning the state of Oregon for a $100 million increase in funding. The petition was sent to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission on Wednesday, March 30. Collectively, they asked for $765 million for the 2017-2019 cycle, which is $100 million more than the current cycle. According to the petition, this will not stop tuition increases but help the increases stay lower than 5 percent each year. The HECC will review the petition for a budget increase on April 13.
 
UO student charged with sexual assault
Sean Wood was arrested March 30 by the UOPD. Wood has been charged with unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree following an investigation that stemmed from an incident at Wood’s residence on Feb. 6. According to court documents, he is also charged with sexual abuse for an occurrence in September 2013. Both victims are University of Oregon students. Prior to his arrest, Wood was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
Gun pulled at Taylor’s
Forest Laughner was arrested by the Eugene Police Department around 1 a.m. on March 29 after revealing a gun outside Taylor’s Bar and Grill. Laughner, 23, was cut off from service and asked to leave by Taylor’s staff before he revealed a gun in his waistband outside the bar. Laughner attempted to flee the scene but was ultimately arrested on the corner of 11th Avenue and Alder Street. He is charged with reckless endangering, unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of menacing.
Printers on campus hacked to produce anti-Semitic flyers
Five printers on the UO campus were part of a national hacking that produced anti-Semitic flyers promoting a neo-Nazi website. On March 25, network printer ports received the flyers that were open to the Internet. A 30-year-old hacker, Andrew Auernheimer, took credit for the hack, according to the Washington Times. The flyers appeared at a number of institutions — including Oregon State University, Brown, Princeton, University of Southern California and University of Rhode Island – as they prepared for Holocaust Remembrance Week.